he higher reaches of the State recording rain/snowfall on Tuesday have helped in giving some respite to the people from the searing heat continuing for the past few days. The sky was mostly overcast on the day in Dehradun too. More rain/snow has been forecast at some high-altitude places from late Tuesday evening and the spell would continue till April 6. The mercury is expected to come down by a few notches in Dehradun on Wednesday as a result of the spell, say the weathermen.
Uttarakhand Meteorological centre Bikram Singh said that the weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Wednesday is generally cloudy sky and light to moderate rain/thunder shower at most places in the state. The Met office has issued warning of hail/squall lashing few places in Uttarakhand during the next 48 hours starting from Tuesday night/late night. Heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places, especially in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Pithoragarh, Rudraprayag and Bageshwar districts during the next 48 hours starting from Tuesday night/late night.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Wednesday is generally cloudy sky and one or two spells of light rain/thunder showers at some places.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 32ºC and 17ºC respectively in Dehradun on Wednesday. While the maximum settled at 35.4ºC (six degree above the normal) and the minimum at 18.6ºC (four degree above the normal) in Dehradun it was 25.2ºC (five degree above the normal) and 13.0ºC (five degree above the normal) in Mukteshwar and 34.5ºC (two degree above the normal) and 13.05ºC (four degree above the normal) in Pantnagar on Tuesday.
In Tehri district, maximum temperature was reported as 23.2 degree Celsius while the minimum was 13.2 degree Celsius on Tuesday. The Meteorological centre has forecast generally cloudy sky and light to moderate rain/thundershower at most places in Uttarakhand on Thursday.
Snowfall is likely to occur at places with height 3000 M and above on Friday. Dry weather is likely to prevail in Uttarakhand on April 8.