light to moderate rainfall received at many places in the State capital brought some relief from the hot and humid conditions on Monday. Monsoon would be active in the next five days.
The Met office has forecast light to moderate rainfall/thunderstorm at many places in the State till July 1 from Tuesday. Moderate rainfall was reported in Mussoorie while at some places 5 mm or more rainfall was reported in Dehradun on Monday, bringing the mercury down by a few notches.
Due to rain, low lying areas in the State capital were waterlogged. The maximum temperature in Dehradun and Pantnagar was reported one notch above as compared to the normal. The maximum temperature was reported to have dipped by a few notches as compared to the normal in other places.
State Meteorological Centre director Bikram Singh on Monday said that State has been receiving monsoon showers for the last few days especially in mountainous parts of the state. Areas in the plains are likely to receive rainfall in the coming five days. Singh further said that the weather forecast for Tuesday in Dehradun is partly to generally cloudy sky and rain/thundershowers in some areas.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 32ºC and 23ºC respectively in Dehradun on Tuesday. The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Tuesday is light to moderate rain/thunderstorm at many places in the State.
Singh further informed that the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 33.6ºC Celsius and 24.6º Celsius in Dehradun while it was 23.0ºC and 15.2ºC in Mukteshwar, 26.8ºC and 18.0ºC in Tehri, 34.8ºC and 27.0ºC in Pantnagar on Monday.
Over the past 24 hours by 8.30 am on Monday, rainfall was reported at few places in the State. While 60 mm rainfall was reported in Uttarkashi it was 26 mm in Mussoorie, 0.2 mm in Dehradun, 1.0 mm in Ghansali, 7.0 mm in Joshimath, 33.0 mm in Munsyari and 1.2 mm in Pantnagar.