Rain, snowfall forecast in Himachal
April 13th, 2011 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 13 (IANS) The hills of Himachal Pradesh are likely to experience more rain and snowfall over the weekend, a weather official here said Wednesday.
“There are chances of more rainfall and snowfall at some places in the state from April 15,” meteorological office director Manmohan Singh told IANS.
He said the western disturbances - storm systems originating from Caspian Sea and moving across the Afghanistan-Pakistan region - are likely to be active in the region.
“At present, western disturbances are hovering over Jammu and Kashmir,” he said.
Most of the prominent tourist towns like Shimla, Narkanda, Dalhousie and Manali are likely to have light to moderate spells of rain, whereas the hills overlooking Manali may get more snow.
Keylong in Lahaul and Spiti district was the coldest place in the state with a low of 1.1 degrees Celsius.
Shimla recorded the minimum temperature at 9.7 degrees and a maximum of at 18.7 degrees.
Kalpa in Kinnaur district recorded a low of 2.5 degrees, while it was 9 degrees at Bhuntar and 10.1 degrees at Dharamsala.
Kalpa and Bhuntar recorded the day temperature at 17 degrees and 27.2 degrees respectively.
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