Snowfall brings cheer as cold conditions prevail in J-K

Intermittent snowfall continued for second day today in Kashmir with the famous ski-resort of Gulmarg recording more than one-and-a-half feet snow, bringing cheer to the local residents and tourists.
The MeT department has forecast more snow over the next 24 hours across Kashmir valley.
Gulmarg received about 45.7 cms of snow till 8:30 am this morning, a MeT department spokeswoman said.
She said the minimum temperature in the resort, the star attraction for tourists especially skiers from abroad, registered an increase of about two degrees from minus 6.0 degrees Celsius to settle at minus 4.2 degrees Celsius.
Pahalgam hill resort in south Kashmir, which serves as the base camp during the annual Amarnath yatra, recorded a jump of nearly three degrees in the mercury from the previous night's low of minus 3.4 degrees Celsius to settle at minus 0.6 degrees Celsius, she said.

Pahalgam received 8.6 cms of snowfall during the night, she added.

Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded 2.5 cms of snow and the minimum temperature in the city settled at a low of minus 1.0 degrees Celsius, about a notch below yesterday's minus 0.2 degrees Celsius, the spokeswoman said.
She said Kupwara received 5.2 cms of snowfall and the mercury there settled at a low of 0.2 degrees Celsius, as against minus 0.1 degrees Celsius yesterday.
Kokernag hill resort in south Kashmir recorded a minimum of minus 0.5 degrees Celsius, compared to yesterday's minus 1.2 degrees Celsius, she said, adding the town recorded 2 cms of snow.