{"id":352196,"date":"2025-02-03T06:19:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T11:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=352196"},"modified":"2025-02-03T06:20:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T11:50:18","slug":"fresh-snowfall-in-kashmirs-higher-reaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/fresh-snowfall-in-kashmirs-higher-reaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh snowfall in Kashmir\u2019s higher reaches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/02\/Fresh-snowfall-in-Kashmirs-higher-reaches-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-352197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/02\/Fresh-snowfall-in-Kashmirs-higher-reaches-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/02\/Fresh-snowfall-in-Kashmirs-higher-reaches-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/02\/Fresh-snowfall-in-Kashmirs-higher-reaches-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/02\/Fresh-snowfall-in-Kashmirs-higher-reaches-696x463.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/02\/Fresh-snowfall-in-Kashmirs-higher-reaches-1068x710.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/02\/Fresh-snowfall-in-Kashmirs-higher-reaches-632x420.jpg 632w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/02\/Fresh-snowfall-in-Kashmirs-higher-reaches.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Srinagar: Several higher-altitude areas in Kashmir, including popular tourist destinations Gulmarg and Pahalgam, received a fresh spell of light snowfall overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Srinagar and other parts of the valley experienced light rain during the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, while some areas in the Jammu region also recorded light showers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Meteorological Department, Gulmarg in north Kashmir\u2019s Baramulla district received 5.1 cm of snowfall, while Pahalgam recorded 2.8 cm and Kupwara 2.5 cm. Higher reaches, including the Pir Panjal range in south Kashmir, also witnessed light snowfall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MeT department has predicted generally cloudy weather with a possibility of isolated light rain or snowfall over the next 24 hours. Light snowfall and rain are expected at some places from the evening of February 3, with chances of light to moderate precipitation across Jammu and Kashmir on February 4. Another spell of rain or snow is likely in the early hours of February 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, night temperatures remained above normal in most areas, except for Gulmarg, where temperatures dipped. Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of 2.5\u00b0C, rising from 0.8\u00b0C the previous night and exceeding the normal average by 3.1\u00b0C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gulmarg saw a slight decrease in temperature, recording -7.6\u00b0C compared to -7.4\u00b0C the previous night. Pahalgam\u2019s temperature dropped to -2.6\u00b0C from -0.4\u00b0C, while Kokernag recorded -0.8\u00b0C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: Several higher-altitude areas in Kashmir, including popular tourist destinations Gulmarg and Pahalgam, received a fresh spell of light snowfall overnight. Srinagar and other parts of the valley experienced light rain during the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, while some areas in the Jammu region also recorded light showers. According to the Meteorological Department, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":352197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2014],"tags":[16043,15577,17469],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352196"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":352198,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352196\/revisions\/352198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/352197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}