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Just chill: Cloudy days ahead Chandigarh, December 2 Amritsar recorded the season’s lowest temperature at minus 1.2 degree Celsius making it the coldest place in the region even as minimum temperature rose by up to three notches at several places in Punjab and Haryana. However, the maximum temperatures dipped further between 16.2 degrees and 21.3 degree C from 19 degrees and 21.8 degree Celsius yesterday. Chandigarh shivered at 4.2 degree Celsius, two degrees below normal. Many Punjab towns also came under the grip of cold. Ludhiana and Patiala braved the chill with the minimum temperatures hovering around 5°C and 4.8°C, respectively. The cold wave also swept Haryana with Ambala district recording a minimum temperature of 3.8°C, while Karnal and Hisar shivered at 4.6 degrees and 4 degrees Celsius, respectively According to the weatherman, the cloudy conditions would prevail in Punjab and Haryana tomorrow, with chances of slight showers. The Met office attributed the rise in temperature to western disturbances. Dal freezes
With mercury showing no signs of relenting in Jammu and Kashmir, the banks of famous Dal lake were partially frozen with minimum temperature dipping to minus 4.8 degree Celsius in Srinagar. Boatmen found it difficult to ferry passengers in the morning due to the frozen banks of the lake. Leh in Ladakh region recorded a minimum of minus 18.6 degrees, while Pahalgam hill resort in south Kashmir continued to be the coldest place in the valley with a low of minus 6.9 degree Celsius.
Warmer Shimla
Cold condition eased in Shimla and other lower areas of Himachal Pradesh today with the rise in temperature, even as higher reaches remained under sub-zero temperatures. The Capital Shimla recorded a day temperature of 17.6 degree Celsius, while it settled at a night temperature of 6.6 deg C, the Met office said. High reaches areas, however, remained under the grip of biting cold. Keylong, headquarters of Lahaul & Spiti district, was the coldest place in the hill state with a night temperature of minus 11.8 degrees C. Kalpa in Kinnaur district had a night temperature of minus 5.2 deg C, while it was minus 1 degree C in Bhuntar, it said. The Met office forecast mainly dry weather in the lower areas but higher reaches could have rain/snow tomorrow.
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