Hills overlooking Manali get first snowfall
September 14th, 2010 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
Manali, Sep 14 (IANS) Higher reaches of this Himachal Pradesh’s picturesque tourist town experienced season’s first snowfall, the weatherman said here Tuesday.
“Hills overlooking Manali received mild spells of snowfall Monday night,” Manmohan Singh, director of the meteorological office in Shimla, told IANS.
He said higher hills in Lahaul and Spiti, Chamba, Kinnaur and Kullu districts also experienced mild snowfall.
According to him, since temperature is quite low in the higher reaches, chances of snow at areas located above the altitude of 9,500 feet are more.
Rohtang Pass, located at an altitude of 13,050 feet, some 50 km from here, was clad in two to three inches of snow.
Meanwhile, the minimum temperature in most parts of the state came down due to rains and fresh spell of snow.
While Shimla saw a low of 15.6 degrees Celsius Tuesday, it was 8.4 degrees in Keylong - the district headquarter of Lahaul and Spiti district and 11 degrees Celsius in Kalpa village of Kinnaur district.
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