By IANS
New Delhi : Heavy snowfall continued in North Kashmir killing at least two due to avalanches, while the northern plains experienced a drop in both day and night temperatures, met office said here Wednesday.
“Active westerly disturbances over Jammu and Kashmir are likely to cause heavy snow and rains in the coming 48 hours (starting Wednesday evening). We have written to all the district administrations to keep their manpower and machinery ready to face any eventuality,” Amir Ali, project coordinator, disaster management Kashmir, said in Srinagar.
Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir said the north Kashmir mountain resort of Gulmarg received over four feet of snow in the past three days, and it was heavily snowing in Kupwara Wednesday afternoon.
Heavy snow and rains have led to closure of the strategic Srinagar-Jammu National Highway.
Rain and thundershowers are likely at a few places in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and West Uttar Pradesh during next 24 hours and mainly dry weather thereafter.
The met office forecasts fall in temperature in the northern plains after Jan 11.
The following are the maximum and minimum temperatures and rainfall in major cities for the 24 hours till Wednesday morning, with figures in brackets denoting deviations from the average.
Delhi
Maximum Temperature (C) 28.0 (+7)
Minimum Temperature(C) 11.0 (+4)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Mumbai
Maximum Temperature (C) 33.1 (+2)
Minimum Temperature (C) 15.9 (+1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Chennai
Maximum Temperature (C) 28.9 (+1)
Minimum Temperature (C) 20.6 (+1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Kolkata
Maximum Temperature (C) 28.2 (+1)
Minimum Temperature (C) 13.9 (+1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Ahmedabad
Maximum Temperature (C) 31.4 (+3)
Minimum Temperature (C) 14.6 (+3)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Bangalore
Maximum Temperature (C) 27.0 (-1)
Minimum Temperature (C) 14.3 (-1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Bhopal
Maximum Temperature (C) 29.4 (+3)
Minimum Temperature (C) 14.0 (+4)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Bhubaneswar
Maximum Temperature (C) 30.3 (+2)
Minimum Temperature (C) 13.9 (-1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Chandigarh
Maximum Temperature (C) 22.0 (+2)
Minimum Temperature (C) 12.0 (+6)
Rainfall (mm) 4.6
Dehradun
Maximum Temperature (C) 21.9 (+3)
Minimum Temperature (C) 13.2 (+7)
Rainfall (mm) 3.0
Panaji
Maximum Temperature (C) 34.4 (+2)
Minimum Temperature (C) 19.5 (-1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Guwahati
Maximum Temperature (C) 26.0 (+3)
Minimum Temperature (C) 11.2 (+1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Hyderabad
Maximum Temperature (C) 28.0 (0)
Minimum Temperature (C) 14.0 (0)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Jaipur
Maximum Temperature (C) 26.4 (+4)
Minimum Temperature (C) 14.2 (+6)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Lucknow
Maximum Temperature (C) 28.2 (+5)
Minimum Temperature (C) 11.0 (+3)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Nagpur
Maximum Temperature (C) 31.0 (+3)
Minimum Temperature (C) 12.6 (+1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Patna
Maximum Temperature (C) 26.1 (+3)
Minimum Temperature (C) 9.8 (0)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Pune
Maximum Temperature (C) 29.0 (0)
Minimum Temperature (C) 11.3 (0)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Srinagar
Maximum Temperature (C) 3.5 (-2)
Minimum Temperature (C) 0.3 (+2)
Rainfall (mm) 8.0
Thiruvananthapuram
Maximum Temperature (C) 33.8 (+3)
Minimum Temperature (C) 22.9 (+1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil