Srinagar, Jan 4: Weatherman on Tuesday issued an \u2018orange alert\u2019 as present weather system of snowfall is expected to \u201cintensify\u201d. The weather office has already issued an advisory for snowfall in J& till January 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs expected, weather is overcast in both J&K with widespread light rain\/snow and moderate snow over higher reaches,\u201d an official of the MeT office said here told GNS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPresent weather is likely to intensify as the day progresses. Expect Moderate Snow\/Rain in plains and Heavy Snowfall over higher reaches with main activity later tonight and tomorrow in both Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The weatherman has issued \u2018amber\/orange warning for \u201cisolated heavy snowfall\u201d.
There are four types of colour codes signifying the level of caution: green which means no action, yellow\u2014situation to be watched), amber \u2013government agencies need to be prepared for severe weather and red \u2013action needed by the agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The weather office has urged people not to venture out on avalanche and landslide prone areas, unless extremely necessary. \u201cKeep power\/light backup( in case of power failure),\u201d the MeT office said, adding,\u201dDrive very slowly and in low gear while driving on snow bound area.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two successive western disturbances are affecting Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh and adjoining areas till 9th January (forenoon).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under the influence of these weather systems, the weatherman said that widespread moderate rain and snow was expected in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh regions. \u201cLight rain\/snow would commence at a few places of Kashmir from 3rd January evening and thereafter increase in intensity & distribution,\u201d reads the advisory, adding, \u201cMain activity of this system will be occurrence of moderate to heavy rain\/snow, most likely during 5th and 8th January and gradual decrease thereafter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The system is likely to cause heavy rain and snow mainly in Pirpanjal Range of Jammu Division (from Bhadcrwah to Banihal), upper reaches of Kashmir (Gulmarg, Sonamarg, Baramulla and Kupwara , and Drass subdivision in Ladakh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Regarding probable impacts, the weather advisory says that there may be disruption of surface and air transport including Jammu- Srinagar Highway, Srinagar-Leh Highway (Zojila Pass), Leh-Manali, Mughal Road, and Sadhna pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c(there are) chances of snow avalanches and landslides in vulnerable areas besides disruption of power supply in hilly areas.\u201d
There may be water logging in low lying areas besides further dip in day temperatures, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPeople in snow bound areas are to avoid venturing into sloppy areas during heavy snow,\u201d the advisory reads, adding, \u201cPeople are also advised to maintain proper ventilation.\u201d (GNS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Srinagar, Jan 4: Weatherman on Tuesday issued an \u2018orange alert\u2019 as present weather system of snowfall is expected to \u201cintensify\u201d. The weather office has already issued an advisory for snowfall in J& till January 9. \u201cAs expected, weather is overcast in both J&K with widespread light rain\/snow and moderate snow over higher reaches,\u201d an official […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49736,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49737\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}