Weather Updates- North India

Temperature dropped further in the high altitude tribal areas of Himachal Pradesh while it slightly rose in capital Shimla on Wednesday in the absence of rain and snowfall.

Lowest temperature in Keylong plummeted to minus 9.7 degrees Celsius while it was minus 1.5 degrees in Kalpa, Met office sources said.

Shimla saw a sunny day today. The minimum temperature here rose to 5.6 vis-a-vis 8.1 degrees on Tuesday, they said.

There was no report of rain or snowfall from the state.

The Met office forecast mainly dry weather in the state in the next 24 hours with chances of further fall in the night temperature over the higher reaches.

For Shimla, it forecast mainly sunny days and not much change in the night temperature.

Weather News – North India

A night in sub-zero at Rohtang Pass

Todays news report that  “hundreds ” of people  (five HRTC buses , 30 civilian vehicles and an army convoy) were forced to spend the night in subzero temperatures , waiting for the road to be cleared from yesterdays snow fall. Two feet of snow put a stop to the traffic on both sides of the pass.

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