The south-west monsoon finally reached the State and advanced into some parts of Kumaon region of Uttarakhand on Monday. According to the State meteorological centre, conditions are becoming favourable for further advance of south-west monsoon into some more parts of Uttarakhand during next 48 hours. The meteorological centre also issued a red warning (take action) regarding the possibility of heavy to very heavy rainfall which is likely to occur at a few places in Udham Singh Nagar, Nainital and Champawat districts during the next 24 hours. Further, an alert has also been issued regarding the possibility of heavy to very heavy rainfall which is likely to occur in a few places in Pithoragarh, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Tehri and Dehradun districts.
The State meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said, “The south west monsoon has arrived in some of the areas of Kumaon region of the state on Monday. Conditions are becoming favourable for further advance of south-west monsoon into some more parts of the Garhwal region in the next 48 hours.”
In Dehradun, on Tuesday the weather is to remain partly to generally cloudy. One or two spells of rain and thundershower are likely to occur in the city. The maximum and minimum temperatures for the city are likely to be about 31 degree Celsius and 22 degree Celsius respectively.
Meanwhile, the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded at various places of the state on Monday were 33.8 degree Celsius and 24.9 degree Celsius respectively in Dehradun, 26.4 degree Celsius and 24.5 degree Celsius in Pantnagar, 15.8 degree Celsius and 13.6 degree Celsius in Mukteshwar and 26 degree Celsius and 17.9 degree Celsius respectively in New Tehri.
It is pertinent to mention here that the advent of the monsoon in the state is likely to bring with it some problems especially in the landslide prone areas in mountainous regions. The State administration has already directed all the district magistrates to make all necessary arrangements and ensure that damage and inconvenience to public from the rains is mitigated.