As it rained with the climate remaining cloudy all through Monday, the State Meteorological Centre has forecast more on Tuesday. As per the weather centre, light snowfall, thunderstorm and rain activity might occur in various parts of the State on Tuesday. A few places especially in the hills across the State are likely to be lashed by thunderstorm and rain. Besides, it might snow at places situated at an altitude of 2,500 metres and above, the weather officers said.
The general weather in the State as well as in Dehradun is going to be partly or generally cloudy on Tuesday. Thundercloud development, accompanied by light rain, is likely to occur in some areas of the city on the day. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to settle at around 20 degree Celsius and 12 degree Celsius respectively on Tuesday, the Met officers said.
Notably, the State Meteorological Centre had issued an advisory last week while sending an orange-coded alert of heavy snowfall especially in the areas situated at a height of 3,000 metres and above. As per the forecast, places in districts like Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Bageshwar and Pithoragarh are likely to experience heavy snowfall on February 21.
The advisory had further issued a yellow-coloured warning of hail which is likely to lash isolated places in Dehradun, Tehri, Pauri, Haridwar, Nanital and Udham Singh Nagar districts from the evening or night of February 18 and it would continue till February 20.
As per the weather forecast, light to moderate rain, thunderstorm and snowfall are likely to occur at a few places of the State especially in the higher reaches of the hills for at least three days-February 18, 19 and 23.
Besides, light to moderate rain, thunderstorm and snowfall are likely to occur in most of the places of the State with height of 2,000 metres and above on three days from February 20.
Meanwhile, the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded at various towns of the state on Monday were 18.8 degree Celsius and 11.2 degree Celsius in Dehradun, 23.7 degree Celsius and 10.0 degree Celsius in Pantnagar, 12.8 degree Celsius and 1.2 degree Celsius in Mukteshwar and 8.6 degree Celsius and 3.0 degree Celsius in New Tehri respectively.