Want to enjoy snow, extend your stay in Himachal

Shimla: If you want to enjoy the snowfall in Himachal Pradesh, extend your stay as the Met office on Tuesday predicted snow this week. Meteorological office Director Manmohan Singh told IANS that a western disturbance is likely to be active in the region from January 1, bringing rain and snowfall.

Shimla, the Queen of Hills, is recording the “warmest” days owing to long sunny spells, while cities like Chandigarh, Amritsar, Karnal, New Delhi and Lucknow, located in the plains, are reeling under cold wave conditions with the sun fogged out.

Hill destinations have been experiencing long hours of sunny weather for over a week and the day temperatures in most places have risen. Another official at the Shimla meteorological bureau said the maximum temperature in the hill state is one-two degrees above the season’s average. But nights and mornings are intensely cold.

“Under the influence of western disturbance, light to moderate scattered rainfall and snowfall would occur in the state till January 2. Another western disturbance would be active from January 4 with another chance of widespread precipitation,” he said.

The probability of snowfall in Shimla, Kufri, Narkanda, Manali, Kalpa and Dalhousie is high till January 6. Members of the hospitality industry said most of the tourists were enquiring about the chances of snowfall. (IANS)

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