The weather in provisional State capital Dehradun and elsewhere in the state took a turn on Sunday evening with spells of rain accompanied by thunder in various places. The change in weather has brought much respite to the people from the rising level of mercury being experienced especially during the daytime in recent days. Meanwhile, the state meteorological centre has issued a warning on Sunday forecasting that heavy rainfall is likely to occur at isolated places especially in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Bageshwar, Nainital and Pithoragarh districts during next 24 hours. For the state in general, the meteorological centre has forecast generally cloudy sky with light to moderate rain/thunder shower very likely to occur at most places in Uttarakhand.
For Dehradun, the state meteorological centre has forecast party to generally cloudy sky with rain/thunder shower likely to occur. The maximum and minimum temperatures in Dehradun are likely to be around 35ºC and 22ºC respectively on Monday. According to information provided by the meteorological centre, the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded in different parts of the state were 35.2 ºC and 23.6 ºC in Dehradun, 34.9 ºC and 26.1 ºC in Pantnagar, 21 ºC and 12.3 ºC in Mukteshwar and 24.2 ºC and 14.2 ºC in New Tehri respectively.