High reaches of Himachal experience another spell of snow

High reaches of Himachal Pradesh experience fresh snowfall and down stream had intermittent rainfall in last 24 hrs increasing cold wave in the state. Keylong, headquarter of Lahaul Spiti district had 11.5 cm snow, Hansa in Lahaul Spiti had five cm, Narkanda three cm and Gondal in Lahaul Spiti one cm.

Dhauladhar ranges of Kangra, Rohtang pass, lady of Keylong, Seven sisters hill Goshal hill Baralacha, Satchi, Sachpass of Chamba, Kinner Kailash of Kinnuar Hatu, Kadrala, Chanshal pass of Dodra-kawar experienced moderate spell of Snowfall and continuing while report is being filed.

Tourist resorts Manali had 13 mm rain, Sainj three mm, Bhuntar five mm, Bajura 2.5 mm, Kumarsein and Kotkhai in Shimla two mm.

Minimum temperature of Keylong in Lahaul Spiti was minus 3.8 degree Celsius, Kalpa 1.4 degress, Kufri four degress, Solan and Dalhousie 5.2 degress each, Manali and Dharmshala 6.2 degress, Shimla, Sundernagar, Bilaspur and Bhuntar seven degress, Hamirpur 7.2 degress, Kangra eight degrees, Chamba 8.2 degrees, Una nine degrees and Nahan in Sirmaur. 11.3 degrees.

Minimum temperature in the state was two to three degrees and Maximum temperature seven to eight degress  below normal.

The Met office forecast rain or snow at many places of high reaches and few places in the mid hills and rain in the isolated places of foothills in next 24 hours.