After a delay of eleven days the monsoon clouds finally enveloped entire State of Uttarakhand on Sunday. Many places in Kumaon region face threat of very heavy rainfall in next 48 hours starting fromSunday night.
The meteorological department on Saturday had declared the arrival of south west monsoon in some parts of the State.
The weathermen have predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places in Kumaon region of the State. The monsoon clouds are expected to bring light to moderate rains and thunder showers in most places of the state.
The northern limit of SW monsoon is passing through Barmer, Sikar (both Rajasthan), Shimla, Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh), Baderwah and Pahalgam (Jammu and Kashmir).
The provisional State capital is expected to witness one or two spells of rains and thunder showers on Monday. The meteorology department has predicted that maximum and minimum temperatures in Dehradun are likely to remain at 31 degree and 23 degree Celsius respectively.
The rains and cloudy sky ensured that very little separates the maximum and minimum temperatures in Dehradun on Sunday. The maximum temperatures at 29.2 degree Celsius was three notches below normal while the minimum temperature was one degree higher than the normal and was recorded 24.6 degree Celsius. Pantnagar at 29.5 degrees was cooler by five degrees while a minimum temperature of 24.6 degree Celsius was recorded here. Mukteswar in Kumaon hills was considerably cool as a Maximum temperature of 18.7 degree (four degree less than normal) and minimum temperature of 15.6 degree was recorded.