Popular tourist spots Kufri, Manali and Narkanda in Himachal Pradesh received snowfall on Thursday, bringing cheers to tourists who have thronged these places to ring in the New Year.
Keylong and Hansa in tribal Lahaul and Spiti received 2 and 1 cm of snow respectively. Kufri on the outskirts of Shimla received 0.5 cm of slow, while Manali reported traces of snow.
The sky remained heavily overcast and high velocity icy winds lashed the region making people shiver even in heavy woolens.
The local MeT office has predicted rains at isolated places in low and mid hills and snow at many places in higher reaches of Chamba, Kullu, Kinnaur and Lahaul and Spiti districts on Friday and dry weather on New Year eve on December 31.
