No Significant Weather Are Expected Across J&K Till January 20: MeT Director

Srinagar, January 1 (KAT): Meteorological (MeT) Department on Thursday forecast no significant weather are expected across Jammu and Kashmir till 20th January 2026.

Mukhtar Ahmad, Director of the local MeT Department, told Kashmir Abb Tak that snow in the higher reaches and rain in the plains of the union territory are expected during the night intervening January 1 and is likely to continue till January 20.

The officer said some higher reaches in Ganderbal, Bandipora and Kupwara districts might receive heavy snowfall, particularly on December 31.

Authorities in Baramulla, Kupwara, Bandipora and Ganderbal districts have issued advisories asking people living in the higher reaches not to venture out of their homes during snowfall.

During the last two months, almost all the water bodies have been flowing at very low discharge as rivers, streams, springs and lakes have been adversely impacted by the dry spell.

An extended dry spell has given rise to chest-related ailments as a bad cold, dry cough and flu have become common complaints at hospitals across the Valley these days.

Doctors have advised people, especially children and elderly people, not to expose themselves to long periods of cold and chilly air.(KAT) 

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