Weather likely to remain erratic in J-K till January end


Another WD likely to hit J&K from 29 January
The Kashmir area will have widespread snowfall and rain for two days starting on Tuesday, according to the Meteorological Department, which has predicted that the bad weather will last until theJanuary 26.
In Kashmir, there is a chance of widespread light to moderate snowfall from Tuesday evening through Wednesday, an official of MeT said.
He said from January 26-27there will be partly to generally cloudy with light snow, rain at isolated places in Jammu and Kashmir.
He said from January 28-30 there will be again western disturbances in the region and due to that they were expecting widespread snowfall, and rain.
“Overall, weather is likely to remain erratic with cloudy, intermittent light rain, snow till ending January in entire J&K,” he said.
As per the MeT advisory, people living in snowbound areas are advised to remain alert and cautious while venturing into areas which are vulnerable to snow avalanches.