Himachal receives season’s first snow in early Dec, temp drops to -13 degrees Celsius

Lahaul & Spiti: Tourists near their vehicles which met with an accident on a slippery road due to snowfall at Khansar mod in Lahaul Spiti district, Sunday. (PTI)

In Shimla, temperatures hovered around 2.5 degrees Celsius, while several other locations remained near freezing. Seobagh recorded a minimum temperature of zero degree Celsius, Bajaura 0.1 degree, Manali 0.2 degree, Kufri 0.4 degree, Solan 0.5 degree, Una 1 degree and Shimla 2.5 degrees.

Meanwhile, high-altitude tribal regions experienced fresh snowfall, prompting concerns about traffic disruptions. Lahaul district, where a thin layer of snow blanketed the area, hazardous travel conditions were noted due to slippery roads, news agency PTI reported.

Lahaul-Spiti: Vehicles move on a road amid fresh snowfall in Sissu in Lahaul-Spiti, Sunday. (PTI Photo)

The Meteorological Department has forecasted snow and rain at isolated places over the mid and high hills on Tuesday in the state as the maximum temperatures across the state fell below normal levels, with Una reaching only 22.8 degrees Celsius.

Additionally, the weather office has predicted rain and moderate snow at a few places over the Lahaul and Spiti, Chamba, Kinnaur, Kangra, Shimla and the Kullu districts and light precipitation in some places of the Solan, Sirmaur, Una, Bilaspur, Mandi and the Hamirpur districts till Monday.

Lahaul Spiti: Tourist vehicles stuck in traffic jam due to snowfall at Sissu near in Lahaul-Spiti, Sunday. (PTI Photo)

The weather forecast indicates that temperatures are expected to decline further by 3 to 4 degrees over the next few days. Additionally, a ‘yellow’ warning for dense fog has been issued for parts of the Bhakra Dam reservoir area in Bilaspur and Balh Valley in Mandi until Wednesday.

The minimum and maximum temperatures are likely to gradually fall by 3 to 4 degrees over many parts of the state during the subsequent three days.

– With PTI inputs