Another spell of snow and rain is awaiting the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand with the Meteorological centre having forecast rain/snow at isolated places especially in Garhwal region for three days starting from Tuesday.

 The expected spell might to some extent cover the whopping 51 per cent deficient rainfall of the state this winter season, something that would make those engaged in agriculture and horticulture happy who are staring at a staggering loss, given the worrisome figure of the rain deficit.

 The minimum temperatures are below normal to normal in the plains while above normal in the hills of state, the Met officials said. lowest minimum temperature 1.3°C was recorded at Matela in Nainital district.

 The climate was dry in Dehradun and other parts of the state on Monday. The weather forecast for Dehradun on Tuesday is clear to partly cloudy sky. Thunder cloud development is likely to occur in some areas in the evening. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 29°C and 11°C respectively in Dehradun on Tuesday. While the maximum settled at 28.1ºC (five degree above the normal)  and the minimum at 9.9ºC (normal) in Dehradun it was 19.0ºC (five degree above the normal) and 4.5ºC (one degree above the normal) in Mukteshwar and 27.4ºC (two degree above the normal) and 6.3ºC (two degree below the normal) in Pantnagar on Monday. In Tehri district, maximum temperature was reported as 17.7 deg C while the minimum was 5.5 deg Con Monday.