<p>Cold wave continued in the Ladakh region of Jammu & Kashmir but there was some relief across the Valley as the temperature rose on Friday night by a few notches.</p>.<p>The Valley is, however, bracing up for possible heavy snowfall early next week as the Met Department has said a western disturbance would affect the state from December 11 and warned of heavy rain and snowfall.</p>.<p>Leh and Kargil, both in Ladakh region, were the only places in Kashmir division where the night temperature decreased on Friday night, a MeT department official said.</p>.<p>Leh was the coldest recorded place in the state as the mercury there settled at -13 degrees Celsius compared to -12.3 degrees Celsius on Thursday night.</p>.<p>Nearby Kargil recorded a low of -8.4 degrees Celsius over a degree less from Thursday night's -7. 2 degrees Celsius, the official said.</p>.<p>Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu & Kashmir, recorded a low of -0.2 degree Celsius, an increase of nearly three degrees from -3.0 degrees Celsius on Thursday night.</p>.<p>Gulmarg, the famous ski-resort in north Kashmir, recorded a low of zero degrees Celsius, up over two degrees from Thursday night's -2.2 degrees Celsius.</p>.<p>The other famous health resort of Pahalgam, which serves as one of the base camps for the annual Amarnath Yatra, registered a minimum temperature of -1.5 degrees Celsius, an increase of three degrees from Thursday night.</p>
<p>Cold wave continued in the Ladakh region of Jammu & Kashmir but there was some relief across the Valley as the temperature rose on Friday night by a few notches.</p>.<p>The Valley is, however, bracing up for possible heavy snowfall early next week as the Met Department has said a western disturbance would affect the state from December 11 and warned of heavy rain and snowfall.</p>.<p>Leh and Kargil, both in Ladakh region, were the only places in Kashmir division where the night temperature decreased on Friday night, a MeT department official said.</p>.<p>Leh was the coldest recorded place in the state as the mercury there settled at -13 degrees Celsius compared to -12.3 degrees Celsius on Thursday night.</p>.<p>Nearby Kargil recorded a low of -8.4 degrees Celsius over a degree less from Thursday night's -7. 2 degrees Celsius, the official said.</p>.<p>Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu & Kashmir, recorded a low of -0.2 degree Celsius, an increase of nearly three degrees from -3.0 degrees Celsius on Thursday night.</p>.<p>Gulmarg, the famous ski-resort in north Kashmir, recorded a low of zero degrees Celsius, up over two degrees from Thursday night's -2.2 degrees Celsius.</p>.<p>The other famous health resort of Pahalgam, which serves as one of the base camps for the annual Amarnath Yatra, registered a minimum temperature of -1.5 degrees Celsius, an increase of three degrees from Thursday night.</p>