In an exclusive conversation with SALAAM TV reporter Showkat Beigh, the Director of the Meteorological Department, Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad, confirmed that Srinagar experienced the coldest night of the season, Cold Wave Continues its Grip in Kashmir, as Zojila Freezes at -16°C, Shopian at -5.4°C, Srinagar at -3.1°C* Minimum temperatures plunged below freezing across most parts of Kashmir on Monday, with several stations recording the season’s coldest night so far. Srinagar settled at -3.1°C, while the coldest temperature in the Valley was recorded in Shopian at -5.4°C, followed by Pulwama at -5.0°C and Pampore at -4.5°C. Pahalgam touched -4.4°C, and the Srinagar Airport area dropped to -4.2°C. *Night chill intensifies, Sgr records season's coldest night at -3.2°C* *MeT predicts further fall in day, night temps, dry weather till Dec 10, brief spell of snow on Dec 2* Srinagar, With no forecast of any major wet spell in Jammu and Kashmir for the next two weeks, the night temperature has plummeted further across the valley with mercury settling to the lowest of the season at multiple locations. Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, recorded the season's coldest night at minus 3.2 degrees Celsius. Pahalgam, a famous tourist destination, also recorded the season's coldest night at 4.0 degrees Celsius. The mercury also dropped by some degrees at other stations, with Qazigund, a gateway of Kashmir, recording a low of minus 2.5 degrees Celsius. Kokernag in south Kashmir recorded a minimum temperature of minus 0.4 degrees. While the mercury has plummeted across the valley, Director Meteorological Department (MeT), Dr Mukhtar Ahmad has predicted further fall in both maximum and minimum temperatures by 1-2 degrees Celsius during the next seven days. According to him, shallow to moderate fog would likely continue at many places of the Kashmir division and isolated places of the Jammu division. Director MeT further said that generally dry weather is expected till December 1. "On December 2, the weather is expected to remain generally cloudy while there is a possibility of a brief spell of very light snow over isolated higher reaches towards afternoon," he informed. The weatherman further added that generally dry weather is expected from December 3 to 10. Pertinently, the chill is expected to intensify further, especially after mid-December when the 40-day harshest winter period, known as Chilla-i-Kalan, will commence. Chilla-i-Kalan will begin on December 21, which is followed by the 20-day Chilla-i-Khurd and later the 10-day Chilla-i-Bacha