Wednesday saw the opening of the Mughal route, the Srinagar-Sonamarg-Gumri (SSG) route, and the Srinagar-Jammu highway as the weather in Jammu and Kashmir improved. According to officials, after two days of rain triggered landslides and rendered travel on the Srinagar-Jammu highway hazardous, traffic flow was restored on the highway in the morning.

Wednesday saw the opening of the Mughal route, the Srinagar-Sonamarg-Gumri (SSG) route, and the Srinagar-Jammu highway as the weather in Jammu and Kashmir improved.

According to officials, after two days of rain triggered landslides and rendered travel on the Srinagar-Jammu highway hazardous, traffic flow was restored on the highway in the morning.

“Traffic plying on Jammu Srinagar NHW, the SSG road, and also Mughal road through for vehicular movement,” traffic police said in the afternoon on X.

After snowfall on Monday and Tuesday in the higher elevations of Jammu & Kashmir, the steep SSG road and Mughal route were shut down.

The morning in Kashmir Valley was foggy, but as the day went on, the sky cleared and Srinagar, the summer capital, even experienced a few hours of sunshine. Partially cloudy weather was also experienced in Jammu and other areas of the Kashmir valley.

The weather will be primarily dry till Saturday, according to a statement from Sonam Lotus, director of the meteorological service. He remarked, “Warmer days are anticipated.”

He predicted that the weather would be mostly cloudy on October 22 and 23. On Sunday and Monday, he said “scattered places of J&K will likely experience light rain and snowfall over higher reaches.”

In general, considerable rainfall is not expected until the end of October, with the exception of a few cloudy days. For the next 10 days, there is “no forecast of any major rain or snowfall in J&K or Ladakh,” the man said.

In addition to saying that the weather will now be favorable for harvesting and other outdoor activities, the MeT, which had requested that harvesting cease in J&K.

Expect a brief period of rain or snow over a few higher levels on October 22 in the evening. No notable weather events until October 26. Farmers are encouraged to harvest their crops and store them safely, according to deputy director of MeT Mukhtar Ahmad.

After two months of hot, dry weather, the weather abruptly turned on September 24 and 25 when snow fell over the Kashmir mountains while it rained in the lowlands. On September 24, the highest reaches of the ski resort of Gulmarg saw their first snowfall of the year.

Early in September, most locations in the Valley in Kashmir saw extremely high temperatures, ranging from heatwave to severe heatwave. The Valley also saw significant rainfall deficits in August and September, with Srinagar seeing its driest August in 25 years.

Source- Travel daily