J&K all set for another spell of rains, snow; minus 2°C in Gulmarg

Srinagar, Oct 9 : As forecast by the meteorological department, Jammu and Kashmir is all set to receive more rains and snow till November 11. With overnight cloud cover, there was some increase in minimum temperature on Wednesday but stayed below freezing point in Gulmarg which also received fresh snowfall of 2cms in the last 24 hours.

“Light to moderate rain/snowfall (over higher reaches) is expected at many places from today evening to November 11th forenoon,” said a meteorological department official here. However, he said, there was no forecast of any major rain or snowfall during the spell.

From November 12-16, he said, the weather is expected to be “fair to partly cloudy”.

Regarding probable impacts, he said, snowfall and low temperature may lead to temporary disruption of surface transportation, mainly over Zojila, Jammu-Srinagar Highway, Leh-Manali road on November 10 and 11.(GNS)