Week long wet spell across Kashmir Valley, forecasts MET

The state meteorological department today said a long wet spell, with light to moderate rainfall and thundershowers, is expected in the Kashmir valley and is likely to last for a week beginning today.
The department in its forecast bulletin said rainfall of varying intensity was expected in the region during the next seven days.
The intensity of rainfall is likely to change on a day-to-day basis with “fairly widespread” rainfall expected on Thursday and Saturday and “scattered” downpour on Monday and Wednesday.
The department said the downpour was expected to begin today with a possibility of light rain and thundershowers occurring at a few places in the state, including in Srinagar.
The weather department said the downpour was also expected in the state’s Jammu and Ladakh regions.
The expected wet spell is caused by two western disturbance systems – one of which is circulating over the eastern parts of the state and another is approaching in its direction.
The Kashmir valley has witnessed unusually large amount of precipitation this year with several spells of heavy snowfall during the winter months followed by several back-to-back spells of rainfall.
The increased precipitation has also swollen the water volume of the Jhelum river, which had crossed the ‘flood declaration level’ earlier this month.