Srinagar, Dec 29 || Due to heavy nightlong cloud cover, night temperatures rose above the freezing point throughout the Kashmir Valley on Monday except the ski resort of Gulmarg, weather officials said.
Met Department officials said the minimum temperature rose above the freezing point in the Valley, except Gulmarg, where it was minus 2 degrees Celsius.
Srinagar city logged a minimum of 3 and Pahalgam 0.2 degrees Celsius.
Jammu city was at 9.1 degrees Celsius, Katra town at 9.2, Batote at 7.3, Banihal at 4.8 and Bhaderwah at 3.3 degrees.
The Met Department has forecast cloudy weather on Monday and Tuesday. On December 31 and January 1, there is a forecast for rain/snow at many places, with the middle and higher reaches likely to receive moderate snowfall in the central and northern parts of the Valley during this period.
Travellers and transporters have been advised to follow the Traffic Department's and administrative departments' advisories.
The plains of Kashmir Valley are yet to witness this season’s first snowfall as the people are eagerly waiting for the same.