Another round of snowfall in high-altitude areas of Himachal

Shimla, Dec 7 (PTI) The high-altitude areas of HimachalPradesh today experienced another round of snowfall, with theminimum temperature in Keylong ...

Shimla, Dec 7 (PTI) The high-altitude areas of HimachalPradesh today experienced another round of snowfall, with theminimum temperature in Keylong rising marginally to minus 1.9degree Celsius.

Isolated areas in the high hills also received rains.

Kinnaur and Lahaul and Spiti received mild snowfall andKalpa received 1cm of snowfall and 5mm of rainfall, the Metoffice said.

Kufri and Pooh received 3mm of rainfall, followed byShimla, Kothi, Sarahan and Kumarsein 2mm each, it said.

Weather remained largely dry in most parts of the state,but strong icy winds lashed mid and higher hills, it added.

The minimum temperatures in Kalpa was 2.0C, Manali 5.2C,Una 5.5C, Dharamsala and Bhuntar 6.4C each, Sundernagar 6.6C,Shimla and Solan 7.2C each, Palampur 7.5C and Nahan 11.3C.

No significant change was recorded in day temperature.

Una was hottest in the state with a maximum temperatureof 26.4C, while Sundernagar, Bhuntar, Solan and Nahan recordeda high of 23.0C, 22.0C, 21.0C and 20.3C respectively.

The MeT office has predicted dry weather until December10. More rains and snowfall were expected from December 11 asan active western disturbance was likely to affect the westernHimalayan region. PTI PCLABH.

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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