The State Meteorological Centre has issued an alert, warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall in the provisional State capital and various other places of the State. The districts especially Tehri, Chamoli and Pithoragarh are likely to receive heavy rainfall while isolated places in districts including Pauri, Nainital, Champawat and Udham Singh Nagar are likely to receive extremely heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours, the department stated on Sunday.
The State Meteorological centre has also issued an advisory to the commuters and pilgrims moving in the mountainous regions and people residing in the low lying areas in the plains to be very cautious. The public should coordinate closely with the state government authorities.
The overall weather for the State is going to be generally cloudy, light to moderate rain and thundershowers are likely to occur at most of the places in the state on Monday. In Dehradun the sky is going to be generally cloudy. Further, intermittent rain and thundershowers are very likely to occur with the maximum and minimum temperatures likely to be 29 degree Celsius and 24 degree Celsius respectively on Monday.
The maximum and minimum temperatures recorded in the various towns of the State on Sunday was 28.5 degree Celsius and 24.2 degree Celsius respectively in Dehradun, 26.5 degree Celsius and 25 degree Celsius in Pantnagar, 18 degree Celsius and 16.3 degree Celsius in Mukteshwar and 21.8 degree Celsius and 18.6 degree Celsius respectively in New Tehri.