Rain and snow lashed Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Tuesday as the MET forecast improvement from Wednesday onwards, reported news agency IANS.

Due to the dense low lying cloud cover, the minimum temperatures rose significantly in both UTs. "Heavy to very heavy snowfall is likely to occur in the valley during the next 24 hours (till Wednesday).

There would be overall improvement in weather beginning tomorrow," an official of the local meteorological department said.