Rain, Snow Prediction by Weather Dept.

The Weather department Tuesday predicted rain or snow in the Valley for three days starting tomorrow.
“A fresh Western Disturbance has become active raising the possibility of light to moderate rains or snow from January 21 to 23,” an official of Weather department said.
He said like the past few days today started with a sunny note, but later the sun disappeared behind cloud cover, bringing in a fresh cold wave due to the approaching western disturbance, main system affecting weather in the Valley.
Due to mostly clear sky, the night temperature, however, continued to remain several degrees below the freezing point as Srinagar recorded a low of minus 2.4 degrees Celsius against minus 2.6 degrees Celsius the previous night.
Leh continued to be the coldest recorded place in the state with a minimum of minus 15.5 degrees Celsius.
Kargil town registered a dip of 1.2 degrees in the minimum temperature as the mercury settled at minus 14.6 degrees Celsius.
The famous south Kashmir hill resort of Pahalgam was the coldest recorded place in the Valley with the night temperature recorded at minus 5.4 degrees Celsius as compared to 6 degrees the previous night.
Gulmarg and Qazigund recorded a low of minus 3.6 degrees Celsius and minus 3.8 degrees Celsius respectively.
The official said the night temperatures in Kupwara and Kokernag settled at a low of minus 3.1 degrees Celsius and minus 0.9 degrees Celsius respectively.
Valley is currently under the grip of ‘Chillai Kalan’ – the 40-day harshest winter period – which began on December 21 and would end on January 31.