A fresh Western Disturbance moving across Jammu and Kashmir started affecting the higher reaches of the state on February 23. The system first caused widespread snowfall in the glaciers and clouding in the hills of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Rain and snowfall activity commenced in the middle and lower reaches of Jammu and Kashmir by late evening hours of Monday. The state has been receiving fairly widespread moderate rainfall, with heavy rain in some places.
Rain and Snow in Jammu & Kashmir
In the last 24 hours, the Kashmir valley received record breaking snowfall for the month of February. While Banihal received 80.7 mm of snow, Srinagar broke last 8 year’s record and received 45 mm of precipitation in just 24 hours. Similarly, even Pahalgam recorded 51.8 mm of precipitation, breaking earlier record of 53.5 mm, received in February 19 2006. Kupwara received an all-time high of 69.4 mm of rain and snowfall, while Kukernag recorded 48.5 mm, highest in last 5 years.
Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand also received light to moderate rain in a span of 24 hours, from 8.30 am on Tuesday. In Himachal Pradesh, Shimla received 16.4 mm of rain, Manali 28 mm and Chamba 45 mm. Tehri in Uttarakhand received only 6.2 mm of rainfall.
The intensity of rainfall will recede after 24 hours. However, there will practically be no break from rainy days in the hills of North India till the end of this month.
