SRINAGAR, Jan 16: Weathermen on Wednesday predicted heavy snowfall for at least five days starting Saturday across Kashmir valley.
Fresh snowfall began at many places across the valley including Srinagar, breaking the intense cold wave conditions. Pahalgam, tourist resort - which also serves as one of the base camps for the annual Amarnath Yatra recorded three cm of fresh snow last night, an official a MeT official said. The night temperature rose across Kashmir owing to a cloudy sky, he said.
They said that a comparatively intense western disturbance is becoming active over Jammu and Kashmir from January 19 and will remain till January 23, peaking on January 22. |
