Mercury rises further in Himachal inspite of rains, snow

The mercury rose further in most parts of Himachal Pradesh today even as high altitude tribal areas saw mild snowfall and adjoining hills received light rains.

Keylong in tribal Lahaul and Spiti districts received 3 cm of fresh snow while Rohtang Pass and other high altitude areas had 5 cm to 10 cm of snow.

Bharmaur tribal areas in Chamba received 10 mm rains followed by Saloni 2 mm and Chamba, Kalpa and Manali had one mm rains.

The mercury rose in mid and lower hills and Una in Shivalik foothills recorded maximum and minimum temperatures at 32.2 degree and 15.5 degree, four and nine degrees above normal.

The local MeT office had warned of heavy rains or snow at isolated places in mid and higher hills today but weather remained mainly dry.

The MeT predicted rains or snow at isolated places in mid and higher hills over next three days and rains or thundershowers in lower hills on February 20 and 21.

The tribal areas reeling under sub zero temperatures for past two months had some relief from cold and Keylong and Kalpa recorded a low of 1.6 degree and 6.0 degrees, while Manali was warmer during the night with minimum temperature at 5.4 degrees C.

However, the minimum temperatures remained five to nine degrees above normal and Solan and Dharamsala recorded a low of 10.4 degrees, followed by Shimla at 12.7 degrees.

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