The Met department has forecast on Wednesday that gusty winds accompanied by thundershower might lash some places in several districts of the State like Dehradun, Tehri, Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Bageshwar and Pithoragarh during the next 24 hours. It also has warned that hail/squall might occur at some places in Dehradun, Tehri, Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, Chamoli and Pithoragarh districts of the state on Thursday. Besides, it might snow in the places located at 3500 m and above. However, the climate would remain dry in the rest of the state on the day.
In Dehradun, the sky would remain partly overcast with possibility of rain/thunderstorm occurring at some places during the afternoon/evening on Thursday. Dehradun woke up to a relatively cool morning on Wednesday with the sky remaining cloudy.
The minimum temperature saw a dip by a few notches as compared to Tuesday as it settled at 16 degree Celsius, three notches below the normal. The maximum remained in the neighbourhood of 32 degree Celsius. While Pantnagar saw the minimum temperature settling at 16 degree Celsius the same in New Tehri was 8 degree Celsius and 7.5 degree Celsius at Mukteshwar.
The Met department director Bikram Singh said on Wednesday that there would be no significant change in the temperature across the state. According to him, the same climate would continue to prevail in Dehradun on Thursday with the maximum and the minimum temperatures remaining in the range of 32 degree and 17 degree Celsius respectively.