The IMD has issued a warning for heavy rains, snow, thunderstorms, and hail in remoted areas from February 18 to twenty.
The climate workplace has warned that Himachal Pradesh will face extreme climate situations over the next two days. Heavy rain, snow, thunderstorms, hailstorms, and robust winds are anticipated on Sunday and Monday, significantly in the upper areas. An orange alert has been issued for February 18 and 19, indicating the seriousness of the scenario.
The Meteorological division has additionally issued a yellow warning for heavy rain, snow, thunderstorms, hail, robust winds, and lightning on February 18 and 19, primarily in remoted areas. This warning extends to February 20 and 21 for heavy rain, snow, and thunderstorms with gusty winds and lightning at remoted spots.
Lower areas are predicted to expertise heavy rainfall, whereas the mid and better areas may even see a mixture of rain and snow attributable to a brand new western disturbance approaching from Saturday night time onwards.
On Saturday, the climate remained dry, and daytime temperatures barely elevated. Una recorded the very best temperature at 27 levels Celsius. Maximum temperatures throughout varied areas had been increased than typical, with Kalpa and Keylong experiencing temperatures 10 and 6 levels above regular, respectively.
Most locations noticed temperatures surpassing 22 levels Celsius, with Bilaspur and Sundernagar hitting 26 and 24.9 levels, adopted by Kangra, Mandi, and Solan.
The state has confronted a rainfall deficit of 52%, with solely 68.2 mm of rain recorded from January 1 to February 17, in comparison with the conventional 142.2 mm. Except for Mandi, all districts reported rainfall deficiencies starting from 15% to 83%.
Minimum temperatures remained above regular, with Keylong being the coldest at minus 3.7 levels, adopted by Kusumseri, Sumdo, and Kalpa.
