Night temperature dips in most parts of Kashmir, Met forecasts cold wave in valley

Srinagar, Dec 14 (PTI) The minimum temperature dropped in most places in Kashmir on Saturday, with the Met office forecasting a cold wave in several places in the valley during the next three days.

Srinagar city recorded a minimum temperature of minus 4.6 degrees Celsius — more than two notches lower than the previous night.

Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 7.6 degrees Celsius — up two degrees from the night before.

Pahalgam, which serves as the base camp for the annual Amarnath Yatra, recorded a low of minus 8.4 degrees Celsius. The resort town was the coldest in the valley.

The minimum temperature in Qazigund — the gateway to Kashmir — was minus 5.6 degrees Celsius, Kupwara in north Kashmir minus 4.7 degrees, and Kokernag in south Kashmir minus 4.2 degrees.

The Met office has forecast a mainly dry weather till December 21.

However, the minimum temperature is forecast to fall further in the valley and there will be a cold wave over many stations during the next three days, it said.