{"id":9348,"date":"2024-01-21T08:18:15","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T08:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=9348"},"modified":"2024-01-21T08:18:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T08:18:15","slug":"kashmir-witnesses-rise-in-minimum-temperature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/kashmir-witnesses-rise-in-minimum-temperature\/","title":{"rendered":"Kashmir witnesses rise in minimum temperature"},"content":{"rendered":"

SRINAGAR: Srinagar<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recorded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>minus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>3.7\u00b0C\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Saturday,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>defying\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>recent\u00a0<\/span>trend\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>somewhat\u00a0<\/span>higher\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lowest\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/span>temperatures<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kashmir,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officials.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>normal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>weather\u00a0<\/span>patterns,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Srinagar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>higher\u00a0<\/span><\/span>maximum\u00a0<\/span>temperature\u00a0<\/span><\/span>today\u00a0<\/span><\/span>than\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>City.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>day’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>data\u00a0<\/span><\/span>highlights\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>unusual\u00a0<\/span><\/span>atmospheric\u00a0<\/span><\/span>situation\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>despite\u00a0<\/span><\/span>extended\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>weather\u00a0<\/span>conditions,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unexpected\u00a0<\/span><\/span>warmth\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Srinagar.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>MeT\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>department<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>forecast\u00a0<\/span><\/span>light\u00a0<\/span><\/span>snowfall\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>isolated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>upper\u00a0<\/span>levels\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>January\u00a0<\/span>25\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>light\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rain\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>snowfall\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sporadic\u00a0<\/span><\/span>locations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>next\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span>days.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Dry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>weather\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>likely\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>continue\u00a0<\/span><\/span>until\u00a0<\/span><\/span>January\u00a0<\/span>24,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>generally\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cloudy\u00a0<\/span>conditions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>evening\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>20th,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>meteorologist.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Light\u00a0<\/span><\/span>snow\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>predicted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>isolated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>upper\u00a0<\/span><\/span>elevations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>January\u00a0<\/span>25,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>light\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rain\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>snow\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>predicted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>scattered\u00a0<\/span>locations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>January\u00a0<\/span>26\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>27.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“As\u00a0<\/span><\/span>per\u00a0<\/span><\/span>indications\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>different\u00a0<\/span><\/span>models,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>possibility\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>light\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>moderate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rain\/snow\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>many\u00a0<\/span>places,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>very\u00a0<\/span>likely\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>January\u00a0<\/span><\/span>29-31,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>official.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>next\u00a0<\/span>three\u00a0<\/span>days,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>MeT\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>department<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>predicted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>return\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>moderate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>severe\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fog\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>decrease\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>daytime\u00a0<\/span>temperatures\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>division.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Officials\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Meteorological\u00a0<\/span>Department\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reported\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>while\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Srinagar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>registered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>increase\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1.2\u00b0C\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>previous\u00a0<\/span><\/span>night’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>minus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>4.9\u00b0C,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>summer\u00a0<\/span>capital\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>still\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1.6\u00b0C\u00a0<\/span><\/span>below\u00a0<\/span><\/span>average\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>time\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>year.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>temperature\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Qazigund\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>least\u00a0<\/span><\/span>–\u00a0<\/span><\/span>4.0\u00b0C,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>down\u00a0<\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>minus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>5.0\u00b0C\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>night\u00a0<\/span><\/span>before,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officials.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>0.7\u00b0C\u00a0<\/span><\/span>below\u00a0<\/span><\/span>average\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>gateway\u00a0<\/span><\/span>town\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kashmir.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Compared\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>previous\u00a0<\/span><\/span>night’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>low\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>minus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>6.3\u00b0C,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pahalgam\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Anantnag\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reported\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>low\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>minus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>5.5\u00b0C,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1.7\u00b0C\u00a0<\/span><\/span>above\u00a0<\/span><\/span>typical\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>well-known\u00a0<\/span><\/span>south\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>resort.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officials,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kokernag,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>south\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kashmir,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>saw\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>minimum\u00a0<\/span><\/span>temperature\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>–\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2.0\u00b0C,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>higher\u00a0<\/span><\/span>than\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>previous\u00a0<\/span><\/span>night’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>minus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1.4\u00b0C.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>area’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>average\u00a0<\/span>temperature\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1.9\u00b0C\u00a0<\/span><\/span>higher.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>minimum\u00a0<\/span>temperature\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>north\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kashmiri\u00a0<\/span><\/span>district\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kupwara\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fell\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>minus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>4.7\u00b0C\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>minus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>5.0\u00b0C\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>night\u00a0<\/span><\/span>before,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>signifying\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1.6\u00b0C\u00a0<\/span><\/span>below-normal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>temperature.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span>contrast\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>previous\u00a0<\/span><\/span>night’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>low\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>minus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>3.6\u00b0C,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>ski\u00a0<\/span>resort\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gulmarg\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>north\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reported\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>low\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>minus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>4.6\u00b0C,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>temperature\u00a0<\/span><\/span>3.1\u00b0C\u00a0<\/span><\/span>above\u00a0<\/span><\/span>average.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>J&K\u00a0<\/span><\/span>winter\u00a0<\/span><\/span>capital\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>saw\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>lowest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>temperature\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>5.9\u00b0C\u00a0<\/span><\/span>compared\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>5.0\u00b0C\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>night\u00a0<\/span><\/span>before,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1.2\u00b0C\u00a0<\/span><\/span>below\u00a0<\/span><\/span>average,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>meteorological\u00a0<\/span><\/span>service.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>official\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reported\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>low\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>minus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1.4\u00b0C\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Banihal,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1.9\u00b0C\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Batote,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>minus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>0.4\u00b0C\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhaderwah.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>currently\u00a0<\/span>experiencing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“Chillai-Kalan<\/a>”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>valley,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>hard\u00a0<\/span><\/span>40-day\u00a0<\/span><\/span>winter\u00a0<\/span>season\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ends\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>January\u00a0<\/span>29.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span><\/span>does\u00a0<\/span>not,\u00a0<\/span>however,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>indicate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>end\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>winter,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>since\u00a0<\/span>there\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>still\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>20-day\u00a0<\/span><\/span>period\u00a0<\/span><\/span>known\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“Chillai-Khurd”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>January\u00a0<\/span>30\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>February\u00a0<\/span>19\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>10-day\u00a0<\/span>period\u00a0<\/span><\/span>known\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“Chillai-Bachha”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(baby\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cold)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>February\u00a0<\/span>20\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>March\u00a0<\/span>1.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>normal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>weather\u00a0<\/span>patterns,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Srinagar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>higher\u00a0<\/span><\/span>maximum\u00a0<\/span>temperature\u00a0<\/span><\/span>today\u00a0<\/span><\/span>than\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>City.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Both\u00a0<\/span><\/span>people\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>meteorologists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>interested\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>this\u00a0<\/span><\/span>peculiar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>weather\u00a0<\/span><\/span>phenomenon,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wherein\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Srinagar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>records\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>greater\u00a0<\/span><\/span>maximum\u00a0<\/span>temperature\u00a0<\/span><\/span>than\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Because\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>position,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>usually\u00a0<\/span>has\u00a0<\/span><\/span>warmer\u00a0<\/span>winters\u00a0<\/span><\/span>than\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Srinagar,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>has\u00a0<\/span><\/span>colder\u00a0<\/span>temperatures.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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