Queen of Hills, Shimla on Wednesday witnessed snowflakes, the season's first, pushing down the mercury by several notches. “Shimla and its nearby areas received intermittent snowflakes that started in the afternoon,” an official of the meteorological office said. He said high-altitude areas of lahaul and Spiti, Chamba and Kullu experienced snow since Tuesday. The Met has forecast dry weather across state till December 26, when western disturbances — storm systems originating from the Caspian Sea and moving across the Afghanistan-Pakistan region — would be active in the region.