<span style="color: #222222;">Himachal Pradesh Weather Department has issued warning of heavy rain and snowfall at isolated places of high and mid hill during the next two days.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The state Meteorological Centre in Shimla forecast rain in the plains and lower hills till January 5 while rain, snowfall in middle and higher hills of the state till January 6.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, the higher reaches in the state received fresh snowfall, whereas some other parts witnessed light rain today. Gondla experienced 21 cm snowfall, followed by Koksar 13 cm, Pooh 10 cm, Manali 9 cm, Sumdo 8 cm and Kalpa 6 cm.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Chanchal the remote area in Shimla district received about two-feet of fresh snowfall, as a result Dodra Kawar Road was blocked at Chanshal.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, Manali witnessed 11 mm rain, followed by Keylong 9 mm, Bilaspur 8 mm, Dharamshala 7 mm, Chamba 6 mm, Palampur and Kasauli 5 mm each and Shimla and Solan 3mm each.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The tribal district of Lahaul and Spiti's administrative centre Keylong continued to be the coldest place in the state at minus 6.1 degrees Celsius. Kalpa in Kinnaur district and Dalhousie in Chamba recorded a low of minus 0.6 and minus 0.4 degrees Celsius.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In Kufri, the minimum temperature was recorded at 3.1 degrees Celsius and in Manali it was 3.8 degrees Celsius. Shimla registered a low of 5.9 degrees Celsius. The highest temperature in the state was recorded in Una at 21.6 degrees Celsius.</span>