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Srinagar, December 9:
Upper reaches of Kashmir Valley including Gulmarg beside Leh in Ladakh received light snowfall, the meteorological department said on Friday.
There is already a forecast for light snowfall of 1-2 inches in the plains of the valley and around 10 inches over upper reaches during the December 9 evening to 10 December.
A meteorological department official told a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS), reported that Gulmarg received 0.6cm of snowfall and Leh 0.5cm. There are reports of snowfall from Sonamarg and some upper reaches of the Valley.
Also, the MeT official said that Pahalgam received 2.0mm of rainfall while Kokernag had traces of it till 8:30 am.
Meanwhile, there was a rise in minimum temperature amid cloud cover last night. The MeT official said that Srinagar recorded a minimum of 1.0°C against minus 2.8°C on the previous night. While there was also a special weather phenomenon of mist this morning, the MeT official said, today’s temperature was 1.6°C above the normal for this time of the year in Srinagar.
Qazigund recorded a low of 0.2°C against minus 3.0°C on the previous night. The temperature was 1.0°C above normal for the gateway town of Kashmir, he said.
Earlier the historic Mughal road, connecting twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri with Shopian, was closed amid light snowfall, officials said. The closure was more due to precautionary measures, they said.
Dysp Traffic Rajouri Poonch range Aftab Bukhari said that it is snowing lightly along the thoroughfare. “Road has been closed as per advisory,” he added.
The Srinagar-Leh road was on Friday closed for vehicular movement after fresh snowfall at Zoji La Pass, officials said on Friday.
An official told a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that the Srinagar-Leh highway has been closed keeping in view the slippery condition of the road.