<p>Fresh snowfall Saturday forced the closure of the Srinagar-Jammu highway Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Around two feet of fresh snow fell in the Jawahar Tunnel area in the Bannihal sector of the highway at night, a traffic officer said.<br /><br />Snowfall also occurred at night in the higher reaches of the Kashmir Valley while rain lashed the plains.<br /><br />The Gulmarg ski resort recorded 18 inches of snow while Sonamarg received 20 inches and Shopian town 12 inches.<br /><br />An official of the provincial administration told IANS that snowfall was continuing in the border towns of Gurez, Machil, Tangdhar and Keran.<br />The Met Office has forecast improved weather.<br /><br />"The weather will start improving from (Saturday) afternoon", Sonam Lotus, director of the Met Office here, told IANS.<br /><br />Western disturbances are extra-tropical storms in the Mediterranean Sea causing sudden rain and snow in Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh.</p>
<p>Fresh snowfall Saturday forced the closure of the Srinagar-Jammu highway Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Around two feet of fresh snow fell in the Jawahar Tunnel area in the Bannihal sector of the highway at night, a traffic officer said.<br /><br />Snowfall also occurred at night in the higher reaches of the Kashmir Valley while rain lashed the plains.<br /><br />The Gulmarg ski resort recorded 18 inches of snow while Sonamarg received 20 inches and Shopian town 12 inches.<br /><br />An official of the provincial administration told IANS that snowfall was continuing in the border towns of Gurez, Machil, Tangdhar and Keran.<br />The Met Office has forecast improved weather.<br /><br />"The weather will start improving from (Saturday) afternoon", Sonam Lotus, director of the Met Office here, told IANS.<br /><br />Western disturbances are extra-tropical storms in the Mediterranean Sea causing sudden rain and snow in Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh.</p>