Met Predicts scattered light rains in J&K
Chandigarh/Srinagar, July 12
Weathermen on Tuesday predicted scattered light rains and thundershowers in Jammu and Kashmir in the next 24 hours.
A meteorological department official here said that there was a possibility of scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rain/thundershowers for subsequent two days (read July 13 and 14).
Meanwhile, Srinagar recorded a low of 18.7°C against 20.8°C on the previous night. However, he said, the temperature was 0.6°C above normal during this time of the year for the summer capital.
Jammu recorded a low of 26.9°C, 2.1°C above normal for J&K's winter capital, he said. Banihal recorded a low of 18.0°C, Batote 19.3°C, Katra 24.6°C while Bhadarwah had a minimum of 20.3°C, the official added.
Qazigund recorded a low of 16.0°C against 17.6°C on the previous night. The temperature was 0.5°C ‘below' normal for the gateway town of Kashmir, he said, as per news agency GNS.
In Pahalgam, the mercury settled at 12.8°C against 15.0°C on the previous night and it was 0.8°C above normal for the south Kashmir resort. Kokernag recorded a low of 15.5°C against 18.8°C last night and it was 0.4°C below normal for the place, he said.
Gulmarg resort recorded a low of 10.5°C against 12.0°C and it was 1.3°C below normal for the place. Kupwara town saw a low of 17.1°C against 19.2°C on previous night and it was 0.5°C above usual for this time of the season, the official said.
Amidst the monsoon in most parts of north-west India covering up the earlier deficit, the weather office has predicted more heavy rains in many areas of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh this week.
Under the prevailing weather system, heavy rainfall at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Haryana is expected, while scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rainfall with isolated thunderstorm or lightning is very likely over Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit, Baltistan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi during next three days, the weatherman said.
“Isolated heavy rainfall is very likely over Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit, Baltistan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Haryana during July 12-14 and over Punjab on July 13-14,” a weather bulletin issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) today states.
While rainfall in the month of July so far in Punjab is at par with the long period average, it is 23 percent above normal in Haryana and 17 percent above normal in Himachal Pradesh, according to the IMD.
From July 1 to July 12, Haryana received 63.9 mm rain as compared to the normal of 52 mm for this period, IMD data shows. Himachal Pradesh received 100.1 mm against the normal of 85.6 mm while Punjab received 56.4 mm against the normal of 56.5 mm.
Rains in the early phase of monsoon were deficient in the region, even as several heat waves and high levels of humidity were experienced. Even the water level in crucial dams has remained below normal.
