Srinagar, Feb 21: Weather office has forecast rain and snow across the state beginning Friday.
“A Western Disturbance is approaching the state. It is likely to become active on Friday and Saturday. Rain and snow are expected during this period,” a MET official said.
Meanwhile, the minimum temperatures across the state improved on Wednesday after an overnight cloud-cover, he added.
Minimum temperature was 5.6 degree Celsius in Srinagar while it was 1.4 degree Celsius in Pahalgam and minus 2.4 in Gulmarg.
Kargil town in the Ladakh region was the coldest at minus 9 followed by Leh at minus 4.7 degrees Celsius.
