Dharamshala, Feb. 5 -- After a brief spell of dry weather, a fresh western disturbance is likely to affect the Western Himalayan region from the night of February 8, bringing rain and snowfall to Himachal Pradesh from February 9. The India meteorological department (IMD), Shimla, has predicted dry weather over the state on February 5, 7 and 8. However, under the influence of the western disturbance, light to moderate rain or snowfall is likely at a few places across the state on February 9 and 10. The weather office also said that light rain or snowfall is likely at isolated places in the higher reaches on February 6. During the past 24 hours, light rain or snowfall was observed at a few places across the state. The highest snowfall of 10.8 cm was recorded in Kalpa, followed by 1 cm each in Kufri, Jot and Gondla, 0.6 cm in Sangla and trace snowfall in Keylong. In terms of rainfall, Kasol recorded 11 mm, followed by 9 mm in Jogindernagar, 8 mm each in Manali and Palampur, 7.2 mm in Bijahi, 5.4 mm each in Seobagh and Bhuntar, 2.6 mm in Mandi and 2.2 mm in Jubbarhatti. Meanwhile, very dense fog was observed in Bilaspur, dense fog in Sundernagar and moderate fog in Mandi....