The Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre has forecast light to moderate rainfall/snowfall at many places in the State. Snowfall is likely to occur at places with height around and above 3,500 metres in higher altitudes of districts Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, Pithoragarh and Chamoli on Sunday.
The Met office has issued warning as hail/squall is likely to occur at isolated places in Dehradun, Haridwar, Pauri, Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar till sunday evening. Following rainfall in higher reaches, the maximum temperature was reported dip by around four degree Celsius on Saturday.
Dehradun residents witnessed cloudy sky during morning hours and sunshine later on saturday. State meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that the weather forecast for Dehradun on Sunday is generally cloudy sky. One or two spells of rain/thunder shower is likely to occur at some places on Sunday.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 22ºC and 15ºC, respectively, in Dehradun on Sunday. Singh attributed this to western disturbances. Due to rainfall/show in high reaches, the maximum temperatures are expected to dip by few degrees in the State.
He informed that the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 26.5ºC and 15.2ºC in Dehradun while it was 19.4ºC and 10.6ºC in Tehri, 19.0ºC and 7.1ºC in Mukteshwar and 30.6ºC and 13.5ºC in Pantnagar on Sunday.