Much- awaited monsoon may reach Uttarakhand within 72 hours, announced the Met official, finally. Moreover, the Met office has issued warning of heavy rainfall at isolated places across the state in the next 12 hours since Monday evening. It might lash districts like Almora, Champawat, Nainital and Pithoragarh, according to Dr Anand Sharma, director of Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre. "Things are conducive now for the onset of monsoon. Monsoon might officially arrive in the state in two/three days, given the inputs we have received. We are monitoring things and more would be disclosed in the next one or two days," he added.
Uttarakhand has been receiving pre-monsoon showers since Friday night. State received light to moderate rainfall at many places for two days- Sunday and Monday. The showers and the cloudy sky throughout the day have brought relief to the residents from the long-continuing hot and humid weather conditions.
The Meteorological centre has forecast light to moderate rain/thunderstorm at many places with rather heavy rainfall at isolated places especially in Champawat, Almora and Nainital districts of Uttarakhand.Dr Sharma said that the maximum and minimum temperatures in Dehradun were recorded at 32.0°C and 22.8°C respectively on Monday.The weather forecast for Dehradun on Tuesday is cloudy sky with the possibility of one or two spells of rain/thunder showers in some areas.The maximum and minimum temperatures for Dehradun are likely to be around 32°C and 23°C respectively on Tuesday.sharma further said that the temperatures in most parts of Uttarakhand have dipped considerably due to pre-monsoon showers.
Dehradun district received 2.8 mm of rain. Rainfall recorded by 8.30 am on Monday in different places was like this-29.2 mm in Haridwar, 38 mm in Nainital, 4.6 mm in Rudraprayag, 0.6 mm in Pantnagar, 4.8 mm in Mukteshwar 1.3 mm in Tehri, 10.4 mm in Ranikhet, 34 mm in Banbasa, 6 mm in Champawat, 21 mm in Kotdwar, 8 mm in landsdowne, 5 mm in Pauri and 11 mm in Munsiyari.