light to moderate rainfall has been forecast for many places in the State on Sunday. Heavy rain is likely to occur sporadically in districts of Kumaon region during the next 72 hours starting from June 20 morning, said Met director Bikram Singh on Saturday.
Met office has forecast generally cloudy sky and light rain/thunderstorm at a few places in Uttarakhand till June 22 from Sunday. Meanwhile, the maximum temperature was reported to have dipped by two notches as compared to the normal in Dehradun. In Pant Nagar, the maximum has dipped by two notches while it was one notch below the normal in Mukteshwar. Dehradun residents witnessed drizzling at noon. Cloudy sky and sunshine were witnessed by turns throughout the day on Saturday.
Singh further said that the weather forecast for Sunday 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 33ºC and 23ºC respectively in Dehradun on Sunday.
Singh further informed that the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 31.9ºC Celsius and 25.0º Celsius in Dehradun while it was 21.7ºC and 15.3ºC in Mukteshwar, 25.6ºC and 17.6ºC in Tehri, 33.7ºC and 25.2ºC in Pantnagar on Saturday.
Over the past 24 hours by 8.30 am on Saturday, rainfall was reported at few places in the state. While 2.5 mm rainfall was reported in Uttarkashi it was 3.0 mm in Ghansali, 4.0 mm in Gairsain, 8.0 mm in Joshimath, 6.0 mm in Munsiyari, 29.0 mm in Pithoragarh, 2.0 mm in Matela, 2.2 mm in Mukteshwar, trace in Nainital, 0.2 mm each in Champawat and Pantnagar.