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Weatherman issues advisory for heavy snowfall in Kashmir from Jan 20 to 23

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January 17, 2019
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Leh freezes, Gulmarg coldest in Kashmir Valley

Gulmarg: Villagers tracking the snow-covered slopes at the famous ski resort of Gulmarg which witnessed the season's first heavy snowfall on Tuesday. The snowfall in the high altitude areas of the valley and rains in plains ended a five-month long dry spell, the longest in four decades. PTI photo by S Irfan (PTI1_3_2017_000266A)

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Srinagar: The weatherman on Thursday issued a weather advisory for “moderate to heavy snowfall” in Kashmir Valley from weekend.
“An active Western Disturbance is most likely affect the state of J&K and adjoining areas from January 19 to 25. There would be high moisture feeding from Arabian Sea over northwest India specifically over Western Himalayan Region (WHR) from January 20 to 24,” reads an advisory issued here by the meteorological department.
“Under the influence of this system, moderate to heavy snow/rain( in plains of Jammu region) is expected at widespread places of Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh region. Light snowfall would commence at a few places of Kashmir on January 19th forenoon and increase in intensity and distribution thereafter,” it says, adding, “The main activity of this system (heavy to very heavy with isolated very heavy rain/snow) is most likely during January 20 to 23 and gradual decrease thereafter.”
As per the advisory, the weather system may lead to disruption of surface and air transportation like Srinagar-Jammu highway.
“It may lead to disruption of surface and air transportation like national highway (Srinagar-Jammu) and other major roads of the state,” it says.
The advisory says that “heavy precipitation” may cause avalanches in higher reaches, landslide, water logging in low lying areas.”
“Farmers are advised to take all precautionary measures to avoid loses due to heavy snow and rain”.
The weatherman also forecast significant fall in day temperature and slight rise in night temperature during the day.

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