After a few days’ rain, dry spell is what awaits Doon Valley for the coming few days. However, the pre-monsoon rain might come back on June 19 and it might rain for the next three days after that, said the weatherman. Things were hot and humid in Dehradun on Friday. The maximum and minimum temperatures were reported one notch above the normal in Dehradun.
It would rain sporadically across Uttarakhand on Saturday and Sunday. However, Dehradun is most unlikely to have heavy downpour for the coming two days. A few spells of drizzle is what might happen here. Pre-monsoon rain would not occur here before June 19.
Met director Bikram Singh said that the weather forecast for Saturday in Dehradun is partly to generally cloudy sky and light rainfall/thunderstorm in some areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be hovering around 35ºC and 23ºC respectively in Dehradun on Saturday.
The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Saturday is light rain/thunderstorm at many places in the State.
Singh further informed that the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 34.7ºC Celsius and 23.4º Celsius in Dehradun while it was 20.5ºC and 14.7ºC in Mukteshwar, 25.3ºC and 16.6ºC in Tehri, 35.0ºC and 26.5ºC in Pantnagar on Friday.
Over the past 24 hours by 8.30 am on Friday, rainfall was reported at few places in the State. While 2.5 mm rainfall was reported in Uttarkashi it was 0.8 mm Dehradun,
2.8 mm in New Tehri, 8.0 mm in Ghansali, 39 mm in Gairsain, 1 mm in Dhanauri, 2 mm in Munsiyari, 3.1 mm in Matela, 5 mm in Mukteshwar, 10.4 mm in Nainital, 1.0 mm in Champawat, 6.4 mm in Pantnagar.