The Meteorological centre has issued a heavy rainfall warning at several places in Dehradun, Haridwar, Rudraprayag, Nainital and Pithoragarh districts for two days from June 19. The weather forecast for Sunday is generally cloudy sky with possibility of light to moderate rain/thunder showers at many places.
Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that over the past 24 hours by 8.30 am on Saturday, light to moderate rainfall occurred at a few places in Uttarakhand. While 50 mm rainfall was reported in Jollygrant it was 30 mm in Mussoorie, 13.4 mm in Dehradun, 0.4 mm in Tehri, 14.3 mm in Mukteshwar and 11.6 mm in Pantnagar. Besides, 8.7 mm rainfall was reported in Mukteshwar between 8.30 am to 5.30 pm on Saturday. The highest maximum temperature 36.0°C was recorded at Ghansali on Saturday.
The maximum temperature settled at 33.8ºC (normal) while the minimum at 22.0ºC (one degree below the normal) in Dehradun. It was 21.3ºC (two degree below the normal) and 13.7ºC (normal) in Mukteshwar and 35.5ºC (one degree below the normal) and 23.5ºC (one degree below the normal) in Pantnagar. In Tehri district, maximum temperature was reported as 24.8 degree Celsius while the minimum was 13.6 degree Celsius on Saturday.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 34 ºC and 22 ºC respectively in the city on Sunday, Singh said.