Srinagar/Jammu, May 31 (UNI) Rain lashed the plains of Jammu and Kashmir while higher reaches experienced fresh snowfall, and the Mughal road has been closed for vehicles, officials here said on Saturday.

They said that fresh snowfall was recorded in the higher reaches of Tulail and Razdan Top in Gurez Valley in Bandipora District of North Kashmir, along with Peer Ki Gali in Shopian District in South Kashmir.

They stated that Zojila Pass on the Srinagar-Leh highway also witnessed the fresh spell of snowfall in the Kashmir division, adding, “In the Jammu region, higher reaches in Bhaderwah and Kishtwar also recorded the fresh snowfall, thus dropping down the temperature, which was notching 3 to 4 degrees above the normal.”

However, rain lashed the plains of Jammu and Srinagar, they said.

The Jammu and Kashmir meteorological department has predicted a dry spell with light to moderate rain in the coming week till June 8.

A MeT official on Saturday said that in the past 24 hours, light to moderate rain lashed with thundershower at most places.

Poonch, Baramulla, Samba, Jammu and Kathua recorded rainfall with gusty winds, he said.

He said that on Saturday, there will be intermittent spells of light to moderate rain, light snow over isolated higher reaches, thunder at most places with moderate to heavy rain accompanied with intense showers, and gusty winds at a few places.

Sharing a week-long weather forecast, the MeT official said that on June 1-2, there will be a brief spell of light rain and thundershowers at isolated places; on June 4-6, the weather will be generally dry with a brief spell of rain and showers towards late afternoon at isolated places; and on June 7-8, there will be a brief spell of rain and thundershowers at scattered places towards afternoon.

“There is a possibility of landslides and mudslides at a few vulnerable places, and intense showers may generate flash floods at isolated places,” they said.



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