Srinagarshivers atminus3 .2°, snow forecast in Him ac hal
COLD WAVE Jammu and Srinagar saw coldest night so far
SRINAGAR/SHIMLA: Thecoldgripped the region on Tuesday with Srinagar recording the minimum temperature at minus 3.2 degrees Celsius and snowfall being forecasted in Him ac hal Pradesh. The minimum temperature sin Punjab and Ha ryan arose slightly at most places with Chandigarh, the common capital of the states, recording a low of 10.9 degrees Celsius, the MeT office said.
The minimum temperature here was three notch es above the normal whereas A mb alain Ha ryan a recorded a low of 11.8 degrees Celsius, up four notches against the normal, it said.
Hisar recorded a minimum of 9.8 degrees Celsius, Narnaul 12.5 degrees Celsius and Rohtak 12.6 degrees Celsius.
In Punjab, Amritsar recorded the minimum temperature of 5.6 degrees Celsius. Ludhiana recorded a low of 7.3 degrees Celsius, which was within the normal limit, while Patiala’s low settled at 10 degrees Celsius, up two notches against normal limit.
Gurdaspur’s minimum was 9 degrees Celsius, two notches above the normal, while Adampur recorded 5.1 degrees Celsius.
SNOWPREDICTED INHIMACHAL
The MeT has predicted snowfall and rain sin some areas of Him ach al Pradesh in the next few days.
“Snow and rains are expected in next couple of days in higher reaches and some parts of mid reaches in the state,” said Manmohan Singh, the director of Shimla MeT centre.
S him la recorded a minimum of 6.2 degrees Celsius, Manali 0.4 degrees Celsius and Dalhousie 4.7 degrees Celsius.
TEMPDROPSINJ&K
Temperatures in Jammu and Kashmir plummeted further on Tuesday, with Bannihal town in Jammu region dropping below the freezing point at minus 0.9 degree Celsius.
Jammu and Srinagar witnessed the coldest night of the season so far. The minimum temperature in Jam mu was 7.4 and in Srinagar it was minus 3.8 degrees Celsius, the Met said.
“Due to clear night sky, the minimum temperatures in the state are likely to drop further till Friday,” an official of the Met department said.“The coldest town in the state was, however, Leh where it was minus 10.5 degrees Celsius, while K ar gil was at minus 5.2,” he added. Ban ni hal was the onlytown in the Jammu region where temperature dropped below the freezing point.