After a prolonged dry spell with rain/snow eluding the State, several parts of Uttarakhand might have a wet spell for two days from January 23. The Met centre said that the mercury might dip again following the rainy spell.
Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that a fresh western disturbance interacting briefly with a tropical easterly trough is likely to bring rain in northwest India for two days from January 23. Besides, fog would continue engulfing some parts of the plains, especially in Udham Singh Nagar district during the next 48 hours, while some areas in the hills would have ground frost during the same period, the weathermen said.
Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that shallow to moderate fog had formed at isolated places in the plains of Uttarakhand on Thursday. The highest maximum temperature of the State 23.4°C was recorded at Dehradun while the lowest minimum temperature -2°C was recorded at Matela in Almora district.
The maximum temperature and minimum temperatures were recorded at 23.4 degree Celsius, four notches above the normal, and 6.3 degree Celsius, normal, respectively in Dehradun on Thursday. In Pantnagar, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 23.3 degree Celsius, four notches above the normal, and 2.0 degree Celsius, four notches below the normal respectively. In Mukteshwar, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 19.3 degree Celsius, seven notches above normal, and 3.1 degree Celsius, one notch above the normal.
In Tehri, the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded were 17.5 degree Celsius and 4.4 degree Celsius respectively. Singh said that the weather forecast for Dehradun on Friday is mainly clear sky.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 23 degree Celsius and 6 degree Celsius respectively here on Friday.