The weathermen have predicted light to moderate rainfall in many places in Uttarakhand on Sunday. There is a forecast of thunder showers as well in places of the State. The State would be generally under cover of clouds on the day. Uttarakhand, particularly mountainous areas, is receiving rains for the last few days. On Friday, rainfall triggered landslide near Hathi Parvat in Vishnuprayag of Chamoli district. The landslide blocked the busy Badrinath Highway due which thousands of pilgrims were stranded.
The rains are causing problems in mountainous area but they have brought a check on soaring mercury in plain areas of the State and brought much needed relief to people.
In provincial State capital Dehradun, the morning walkers were drenched early Saturday morning when it started pouring in most parts of the city.
The Meteorological Department has predicted that on Sunday, the residents of Dehradun would witness partly to generally cloudy sky. Rain and thunderstorm are likely to occur in some areas of the district. The maximum and minimum temperatures in Dehradun are likely to hover around 35 degree (maximum) and 22 degree celsius (min).
On Saturday, the provisional State capital recorded a maximum temperature of 36.8 degree which was two notches higher than the normal while a minimum temperature of 21.9 degree was recorded which again was one degree higher than normal.
Pantnagar recorded a maximum and minimum temperature of 35.8 and 20.3 degree respectively while New Tehri with 24.8 and 12.4 degree respectively was relatively cooler. Muktehswar in Kumaon too was pleasant with a maximum temperature of 24.6 degree and minimum temperature of 11.1 degrees.