Very light to light rain/thunder shower is likely to occur at isolated places, especially in higher reaches of Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, Chamoli and Pithoragarh districts, towards afternoon/evening on Saturday. Dry weather is likely to prevail over the rest of the state on the same day. Notably, President Pranab Mukherjee who reached Uttarakhand of his two- day- long tour on Friday would fly to Badrinath to pay obeisance to the deity at the shrine on Saturday.
Dehradun experienced warm climate with the maximum temperature soaring up to 36.0 degree Celsius. Highest maximum temperature 38.2°C was recorded at Pant Nagar while the lowest minimum temperature 9.2°C was recorded at Munsiyari.
However, Uttarakhand Meteorological centre has forecast another spell of western disturbances from May 8, resulting in very light to light rain/thunder shower/snow at isolated places especially in Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag Chamoli and Pithoragarh districts of the Uttarakhand on May 8 and May 9. Moreover, over the past 24 hours by 8.30 am on Friday, very light to light rainfall occurred at isolated places in Uttarakhand. Trace was reported in Dehradun while 0.8 mm in Tehri and 4.8 mm in Mukteshwar.
Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that the weather forecast for Dehradun on Saturday is mainly clear sky. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 37°C and 19°C respectively in Dehradun on Saturday.
While the maximum settled at 36.0ºC (two degree above the normal) and the minimum at 19.6ºC (normal) in Dehradun it was 25.3ºC (two degree above the normal) and 10.8ºC (normal) in Mukteshwar and 38.2ºC (two degree above the normal) and 18.0ºC (one degree below the normal) in Pantnagar on Friday. In Tehri district, maximum temperature was reported as 26.1 degree Celsius while the minimum was 12.5 degree Celsius on Friday.