Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre has forecast light rain/snow at isolated places in the higher reaches of Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Pithoragarh districts and dry climate for rest of Uttarakhand on Thursday and Friday.
The minimum temperature is expected to settle at normal in the plain districts from December 29.
Now it is hovering on the higher side, resulting in a slight wane in the winter chill. As per the weather report sent by the Met department on Wednesday, the highest maximum temperature 23.6°C was recorded at Pantnagar while the lowest minimum temperature -0.7°C was recorded at Matela.
In Dehradun, the sky remained partly cloudy in the morning while the clouds dispersed as the day progressed. A wind also blew throughout the day.
Uttarakhand Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said due to western disturbances, light rain/snow might occur at the higher reaches on Thursday and Friday. light rain/snow has also been forecast on January 2 and January 3 too, he said.
In Dehradun, the maximum temperature settled at 22.9 degree Celsius, three degree above the normal, on Wednesday while the minimum was 8.1 degree Celsius, two notches above the normal.
In Pantnagar, the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded are 23.6 degree Celsius, four degree above the normal, and 4.8 degree Celsius, normal, respectively.
In Mukteshwar, the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded are 17.8 degree Celsius, five degree above the normal, and 7.1 degree Celsius, five degree above the normal. In Tehri, the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded are 16.4 degree Celsius and 7.4 degree Celsius on Wednesday.
Weather forecast for Dehradun on Thursday is partly cloudy sky.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 23 degree Celsius and eight degree Celsius respectively.