After days of dry spell, Uttarakhand is set to receive rain/snow for two days starting from Saturday. Meteorological Centre said that rain/snow would occur at a few places in Garhwal region and at isolated places in Kumaon region of Uttarakhand for the next two days. Snowfall is likely to occur at places with height 3500 metres and above on Saturday. The Meteorological centre attributed this to the advent of western disturbances. The maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to dip by a few degrees due to rain/snow in the mountainous region on Saturday and Sunday, said Bikram Singh, director of Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre on Friday.
The minimum temperatures remained normal in the plains and appreciably above normal in the hills of Uttarakhand. lowest minimum temperature 3.0°C was recorded at Matela on Friday.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Saturday is thunder cloud development/light rain in some areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 25ºC and 10ºC respectively in Dehradun on Saturday. The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Sunday is light to moderate rain/snow at most places in Uttarakhand while heavy snowfall is likely to occur at places with height 2500 m and above. The dry weather will return on Monday, the weathermen said .
The maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 25.2ºC (four degree above the normal) and 8.6ºC (one degree above the normal) in Dehradun respectively while it was 20.4ºC (seven degree above the normal) and 5.2 (three degree above the normal) in Mukteshwar and 23.4ºC (one degree above the normal) and 6ºC (normal) in Pantnagar on Friday. In Tehri district, maximum temperature was reported as 18.5 degree Celsius while the minimum was 6.2 degree Celsius on Friday.