The upper reaches of Valley including ski resort of Gulmarg received a light snowfall on Saturday while the MeT department has predicted rain and snow in upper reaches of the Valley for next two days.
The ski resort of Gulmarg received fresh snowfall today. Some other upper reaches in north and south Kashmir also experienced the fresh snowfall.
The Mughal road, connecting Kashmir Valley's Shopian district with twin districts of Rajouri and Poonch, was closed due to fresh snowfall.
There was fresh snowfall at several places along the road including 'Pir Ki Gali', leading to the closure of the thoroughfare.
The wet weather resulted from a western disturbance that hit Kashmir on Saturday afternoon.
Earlier, the night temperature improved slightly in north and central Kashmir due to cloud cover, however, it intensified further in south Kashmir.
The minimum temperature in Srinagar was recorded at minus 1.5 degrees Celsius while Shopian in south Kashmir was the coldest place in Kashmir with minimum temperature dropping to minus 6.5 degrees Celsius.
The night temperature at the famous tourist resort of Pahalgam was minus 5.1 degrees Celsius.
Qazigund recorded a minimum temperature of - 3.8 degrees Celsius while Kokernag area in south Kashmir observed a minimum of -3.6 degrees Celsius.
The ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir recorded -2.8 degrees Celsius and Kupwara recorded a low of -1.0 degrees Celsius.
The MeT official said there would be an improvement in the minimum temperature due to the feeble western disturbance until Sunday after which the night temperature is again likely to fall by 1-3 degrees.
“A western disturbance is likely to affect Jammu and Kashmir with a possibility of light rain or snow in the higher reaches over two days,” he said.
The official said the weak western disturbance is going to affect Jammu and Kashmir between Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning.
Under its influence, light rain or snow is expected at a few places, especially over higher reaches, he said.