Kashmir woke up to a freezing Friday as the temperature plummeted to the lowest degrees in this season. Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season with temperature dropping down to minus 5.6 degrees. The hill resort of Gulmarg was at minus 9.6 degrees while Pahalgam recorded a night temperature of minus 12 degrees. The Meteorological Department has forecast similar weather conditions to prevail over the next one week. Director Met Department, Kashmir Sonam Lotus told IANS: “It is ‘chillai kalan’, hence we are seeing the drop in the temperature below zero degrees. It is going to be like this for the next week.”