Admiringly called as heaven on earth; the Kashmir Valley got the season's first major snowfall Thursday night, pushing the temperature below the freezing point in the region Friday.
According to a weather official who talked to IANS, the minimum temperature was minus 7.2 degrees Celsius at Gulmarg, minus 5.2 at Pahalgam, minus 8.2 at Leh town and minus 5.2 at Kargil town.
However the capital city Srinagar, witnessed the minimum temperature of 3.1 degrees Celsius.
Heavy snowfall occurred in higher areas in the Kashmir Valley.
Around three-feet of snow accumulated in the tourist resort of Sonamarg. Gulmarg was covered with a two-feet blanket of snow Friday morning. Pahalgam too received over two-feet of snow.
"The timely snowfall has replenished most of the snow reservoirs in the hills, which will ensure sufficient water discharge in the rivers, springs and other water resources in summer," an official has been quoted as saying.
The weather office has said that the weather will be clear in the valley for the next two days. The western disturbance that was active over the state has now become weak.
"The western disturbance has now weakened and we are expecting fair weather for the next few days," Sonam Lotus, in-charge of the weather office said here.
The western disturbance is an extra tropical storm in the Mediterranean Sea, which causes sudden and heavy rainfall in Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh.
--with inputs from IANS
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