Met forecasts possibility of light rain -snow in HP
Shimla, Dec 15
The Indian Meteorological department predicted possibility of light rain in the isolated places of Himachal Pradesh and snow on the high reaches.
According to a weather bulletin issued on Thursday IMD said that there is possibility of light precipitation at isolated places along the catchment areas of Beas and Satluj however no warning was issued along Ranjit Sagar.
State Met Office forecast that there are possibility of light rainfall in the distt of Kangra, Bilaspur, Una, Hamirpur, Mandi, Solan and Sirmaur.
High reaches of Lahaul Spiti, Shimla and Kullu may have light snowfall in ongoing 24 hours.
With effect from December 16 a new Western Disturbance is also approaching North Western Himalayan states, informed Chandigarh based Punjab and Haryana Met Office incharge Manmohan Singh.
Meanwhile many places are reeling under subzero temperature and many springs and glacial lakes are frozen due to early advancement of winter season.
Minimum temperature of Kaza was at minus nine degrees, Keylong minus six, Samdho five, Kalpa minus 4, Narkanda 0.5, Bhuntar airport minus 0.1 and Mandi 0.1, Solan, Kufri and Una two, Dalhousie, Shimla and Airport Jubbarhatti five each.
The abode of Tibetan leader Dalai Lama Dharmshala seven, Kangra 4.6 and Nahan (Sirmour) and Shikh Shrine city Paonta Sahib
eight degrees each.
The visibility may slash in the wee hours and early Friday due to formation of fog in the foothill and along water streams in the state.
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