Fresh snowfall in Kashmir, continues to shiver

Srinagar, January 27, 2012:  Several parts of Kashmir received fresh snowfall while mercury rose by few degrees during the nights across the Valley on Thursday. A meteorological official said South Kashmir resorts of Pahalgam and Kokernag besides Qazigund,  received about four, nine and ten centimetres of fresh snowfall overnight.
Kashmir Valley continued to shiver on Friday as the mercury remained below the freezing point in most areas of the region.
The famous health and skiing resort of Gulmarg remained the coldest place in the Valley with night temperatures there settling at a low of minus 11.8 degrees Celsius, the met official said.
The Gulmarg resort also received fresh snowfall measuring 1.4 millimetres.
The minimum temperature in Srinagar city was recorded at minus 2.2 degrees Celsius, a drop of 1.4 degrees from last night.
In another health and tourist resort of Pahalgam, the minimum temperature fell by 0.8 degrees to settle at minus 9.8 degrees Celsius, the official said.
The resort also received traces of snowfall measuring 1.0 millimetres, he said.
Qazigung town recorded a sharp decrease of 5.2 degrees from last night as the town recorded a minimum of minus 7.0 degrees Celsius.
North town Kupwara recorded a low of minus 3.5 degrees Celsius, the official said.
Night temperatures in Leh town of the remote Ladakh region fell by 7.4 degrees from last night as the minimum temperature there was recorded at minus 21.6 degrees Celsius, a MeT official said.
This season, the minimum temperature in Leh town has so far plunged to as low as minus 22.2 degrees Celsius. News agencies