It’s midsummer nightmare
New Delhi, May 7: The weather in the country has gone for a toss.
While high-altitude areas of Chenab valley in Jammu and Kashmir experienced unseasonal snowfall on Monday, there is also a warning for thunderstorm and squall in some states even as several other states are reeling under soaring mercury.
The unseasonal snowfall engulfed the region in wintry conditions, leaving hundreds of nomadic families, with their livestock, stranded. The India Meteorological Department has issued an alert forecasting that several parts of north India could witness thunderstorm and squall on Tuesday with winds gusting up to 50-70 kmph.
The IMD issued an ambercoloured alert, indicating severe weather, for parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Chandigarh, western Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim and West Bengal.
New Delhi, May 7: The weather in the country has gone for a toss. “A western disturbance runs over Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, while there is a cyclonic circulation over north-east Rajasthan, west Madhya Pradesh and Haryana, and this will bring light to moderate rainfall in north India,” Mritunjay Mohapatra, additional director general, IMD, said.
Meanwhile, heat wave conditions likely to prevail at one or two pockets over west Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha.
The snowfall started in the higher reaches of Chenab region, especially in the surroundings of Gandoh and Bhadarwah valley, on Monday morning, officials said.
The snowfall followed torrential rains that lashed large parts of Jammu and Kashmir since Sunday, bringing down the mercury by several notches.
Fresh snowfall was reported from the Kailash mountain range, Padri Gali, Bhaal Padri, Seoj, Shankh Padar, Rishi Dal, Gau-Peeda, Gan-Thak, Khannitop, Guldanda, Chattar Galla and Asha Pati Glacier surrounding the Bhadarwah valley, the officials said.
They added that Braid Bal, Nehyed Chilly, Sharonth Dhar, Katardhar, Kainthi, Laloo Paani, Kaljugasar, Duggan Top, Goha and Sinthan Top also recieved fresh snowfall.
Meanwhile, The India Meteorological Department on Monday issued an alert forecasting that several parts of north India could witness thunderstorm and squall on Tuesday with winds gusting up to 50-70 kms per hour.
The IMD issued an ambercoloured alert, indicating severe weather, for parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Chandigarh, western Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim and West Bengal.
Several parts of these states could witness thunderstorm and squall with winds gusting up to 50-70 kms per hour, the alert said.