A couple of spells of medium rainfall were experienced in the State capital Dehradun on Wednesday with reports of rainfall being received in from other parts of the State as well. Though no reports had been received and released by the State authorities regarding fatalities or damage till the time of this report being filed, the weather forecast issued by the meteorological centre contains an alert regarding the possibility of heavy to very heavy rainfall likely to occur at isolated places in the State especially in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Dehradun, Rudraprayag, Pithoragarh, Bageshwar, Almora, Nainital and Champawat districts during the next 72 hours starting from the evening of July 14.
Meanwhile, for Thursday, the meteorological centre forecast issued states the possibility of light to moderate rain/thunderstorm as very likely to occur at many places in Uttarakhand. For Dehradun, the weather forecast for Thursday states conditions being generally cloudy sky with the possibility of one or two spells of light rain/thunder showers with the maximum and minimum temperatures likely to be around 30ºC and 24ºC respectively in Dehradun on Thursday.
Meanwhile, following spells of rain in different parts of the state , the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded in parts of Garhwal and Kumaon showed a departure of about two units from the normal. According to the State meteorological centre, the maximum and minimum temperatures on Wednesday were reported to be 33.2 and 25 respectively in Dehradun, 33.4 and 26.2 in Pantnagar, 23.7 and 16.3 in Mukteshwar and 25 and 16.6 in New Tehri.