Rain, snow likely in isolated parts of Himachal on December 8-9

Light precipitation is also very likely at a few places in the Solan, Sirmaur, Una, Bilaspur, Mandi, and Hamirpur districts on Monday and Tuesday, and light rain or snowfall at isolated places over the mid and high hills till Tuesday.

The Met Office has also issued a ‘yellow’ warning for thunderstorms with lightning at isolated places in the Una, Hamirpur, Bilaspur, Kangra, Mandi, Shimla, Solan, and the Sirmaur districts for Sunday.

Dense fog is expected over some parts of the Bhakra dam reservoir area in Bilaspur and Balh Valley in Mandi on Tuesday.

Cold conditions intensified in parts of the state, with the minimum temperature dropping by two to four degrees Celsius at various places and remained three to four notches below normal.

Tabo was the coldest place in the state with a low of minus 8.9 degrees Celsius, followed by Kukumseri at minus 6.6 degrees, Sumdo at minus 2.9 degrees, Kalpa at minus 1.6 degrees and Bhuntar at 0.4 degrees.

Water pipes froze at some places in the higher hills while high-altitude tribal areas reeled from severe coldwave conditions, with the mercury remaining between minus 8 and minus 12 degrees Celsius.

There was no significant change in the maximum temperature, with Una recording a high of 25 degrees Celsius.