The Meteorological Department has issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms in Himachal Pradesh on Saturday.
The Shimla Met Centre has forecast thunderstorms and lightning at isolated places in plains, low and mid hills on Saturday. It has forecast rain in the plains and low hills, and rain and snowfall in the mid and high hills on Saturday and Sunday.
Thunderstorm and rainfall is also predicted at isolated places in Punjab and Haryana in the next 24 hours.
Notably, the Met Department issues colour-coded warnings to alert the public ahead of severe or hazardous weather. Yellow is the least dangerous among the weather warnings, while orange is for weather conditions that have the capacity to impact significantly.
Meanwhile, Keylong, Kalpa and Manali in Himachal shivered at sub-zero temperature on Friday.
The tribal Lahaul and Spiti's administrative centre Keylong continued to be the coldest place in the state at minus 4.9 degree Celsius. Kalpa and Manali recorded a low of minus 0.7 and minus 0.2 degrees Celsius.