The Meteorological centre has issued heavy rainfall warning for isolated places, especially in Pithoragarh, Bageshwar, Nainital, Pauri Garhwal and Dehradun districts, in the next 48 hours.
Director of Meteorological Centre Bikram Singh said that the weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Friday is generally cloudy sky with the possibility of light to moderate rain/thunderstorm at many places.
Met officer further said that the five shrines -Gangotri, Yamunotri,Kedarnath, Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib- are likely to receive moderate rainfall on Friday and the spell would last till August 23. Meanwhile, the usual monsoon rain eluding Dehradun for the past few days, mercury is on the rise while the humidity level is staying high, making the people to suffer from the sultry climate.
Singh said that the humidity continues to stay high with Dehradun experiencing 92 per cent humidity on Thursday while it was 89 per cent in New Tehri, 85 per cent in Mukteshwar and 92 percent in Pantnagar. The maximum temperature was 32.8 degree Celsius- three notches above the normal –in Dehradun while the minimum was 24.9 degree Celsius- two notches above the normal- in the city on Thursday, he added.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Friday is generally cloudy sky with the likelihood of one or two spells of rain/thunder showers at some places. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 31 degree Celsius and 25 degree Celsius respectively in Dehradun on Friday.
Monsoon remaining sluggish in Uttarakhand during the past 24 hours, 70 mm rainfall was reported in Dharchula while 30 mm in Munsiyari by 8.30 am on Thursday,. The highest maximum temperature of the State 35.5 degree C was recorded at Jaspur.