Cold wave conditions return to HP, hilly areas receive fresh

Biting cold wave conditions returned to Himachal Pradesh today as hilly areas received fresh snowfall and lower reaches saw rainfall.
The snowfall led to blockage of roads in interior areas disrupting vehicular traffic.
Visibility was reduced to a few meters as the sky was heavily overcast.
The tourist resorts of Manali, Kufri, Narkanda and Sangla received snowfall while hilly areas of Chamba district including Bharmaur and Pangi experienced intermittent rains, MeT reports said.
The Rohtang Pass and its adjoining areas are experiencing intermittent snowfall, it said.
The MeT said 60 cm to 80 cm of snow was recorded at various places. Kothi recorded 60 cm of snow, Udaipur 17 cm, Keylong andKalpa 14 cm, Manali 6 cm and Khadrala, Kufri and Fagu 4 cm each.

Manali received 50 mm rainfall, the highest in the region. Bhuntar recorded 24 mm rainfall, Seobagh 23 mm, Dalhousie 19 mm, Bajaura 18 mm, Tissa and Pachhad 15 m each, Udaipur 11 mm and Jubbal 10 mm, it said.

Day temperatures dropped by a few notches and Una recorded a maximum temperature of 26.8 degrees Celsius. Sundernagar and Dharamshala recorded a high of 19.8 degrees Celsius and18.6 degrees Celsius respectively, the weather office said.
Minimum temperatures dropped marginally with Keylong and Kalpa recording minus 5.6 degrees Celsius and minus 1.2 degrees Celsius respectively, the MeT said.
Manali recorded minus 0.6 degrees Celsius, Shimla 4.4 degrees Celsius and Bhuntar 6.5 degrees Celsius.

The MeT office has predicted that lower and higher hilly areas in the state will see rains, thundershowers and snowfall over the next five days.