Srinagar, Jan. 5 -- Cold wave conditions in Kashmir intensified as the minimum temperature across the valley dipped by a couple of degrees, India Meteorological Department (MeT) officials said on Sunday. The MeT update said that Srinagar recorded a minimum of -3.2degC on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday while the day temperature was 9.6degC. The lowest temperature was recorded in the ski resort of Gulmarg during the night at -6.5degC, while the day temperature settled at 1.0degC. Jammu and Kashmir, mostly Kashmir valley, has witnessed prolonged dry weather conditions mostly for the past three months causing the rivers to dry up and prompting dozens of incidents of forest fires, weather and forest experts said. However, in a much sought relief from the long dry spell, there was widespread light snowfall in the mountains of Kashmir while the plains were lashed with rainfall from December 21, coinciding with the beginning of the harshest period of Valley's winter- Chillai Kalan. Light snowfall was witnessed in some mountainous areas of Kashmir including the ski resort of Gulmarg on Sunday, the meteorological centre in Srinagar said. The centre said that a weak western disturbance - moisture laden winds from Mediterranean - affected the region's higher reaches and brought some snowfall. "There was some light snowfall in Gulmarg, Tangmarg and adjoining areas," said director MeT, Mukhtar Ahmad....