SRINAGAR: Weather officials in Kashmir valley have forecast heavy snowfall at many places on Feb 5-6 even as night temperature in capital Srinagar rose many degrees.
Sonam Lotus, director of the regional meteorological office, said the weather is likely to become cloudy from Saturday evening onwards.
“Heavy to very heavy snowfall is likely to occur at many places in the Valley on Feb 5 and Feb 6 especially in the Pir Panjal Mountain range. This is likely to disrupt road and air traffic during the period,” he said.
But there has been improvement in the weather at least for now as the minimum temperature in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, rose by nearly five degrees to settle at 3.1 degrees Celsius last night, officials said.
Qazigund gateway town in south Kashmir also registered an upward movement of the mercury as night temperature settled at 0.8 degrees Celsius, while nearby Pahalgam health resort recorded a low of 0.2 degrees Celsius.
Gulmarg skiing resort in north Kashmir recorded a low of minus 2.0 degrees Celsius, while Kupwara town recorded night temperature of minus 0.6 degrees Celsius.
Meanwhile, Leh and Kargil towns in Ladakh region continued to reel under severe cold. While Kargil recorded a low of minus 9.4 degrees Celsius, the mercury settled at minus 7.6 degrees Celsius in Leh town.
