The Meteorological Centre has forecast rain and snow at isolated places especially in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Pithoragarh districts of Uttarakhand for two days starting from January 18.
Meanwhile, dry weather would prevail in Uttarakhand on Saturday and Sunday, though sky would be partially overcast. Shallow fog or mist in some parts of the plains and ground frost at a few places in the hills has been forecast for Saturday and Sunday. Dense fog enveloped Haridwar where the Ardh Kumbh is now underway. Due to the fog, operation of drones was slightly affected, said the police. Fog enveloped Nainital too.
Met director Bikram Singh said that the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 22.2 ºC and 7.3ºC in Dehradun, 15.2ºC and 3.2ºC in Tehri, 13.8ºC and 2.3ºC in Mukteshwar and 16.5 and 7.0ºC in Pantnagar on Friday.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Saturday is partly cloudy sky. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 22ºC and 06ºC, respectively in Dehradun on Saturday.