Rain lashed Dehradun on Friday noon, providing relief to the people who had been grappling with a sultry climate for the past few days. light to moderate rainfall has been forecast in the coming few days at isolated places in the State, said a Meteorological centre official.
Dehradun residents witnessed sunshine followed by cloudy sky during the morning hours. It was followed by rain during the noon. Dehradun experienced 75 per cent humidity while it was 90 per cent in New Tehri, 72 per cent in Mukteshwar and 78 percent in Pantnagar on Friday.
Bikram Singh, director of Meteorological centre, on Friday said that the weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Saturday is partly to generally cloudy sky with the likelihood of light to moderate rain/thunderstorm at isolated places. The weather forecast for Dehradun on Saturday is partly to generally cloudy sky with the possibility of thunder cloud development/light rain in some areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 33 degree Celsius and 22 degree Celsius respectively in Dehradun on Saturday.
The highest maximum temperature of the state 35.4°C was recorded at Pantnagar in Udham Singh Nagar district. The maximum temperature was 32.8 degree Celsius (three notches above the normal) in Dehradun while the minimum was 2 2.6 degree Celsius (two notches above the normal) in the city on Friday, Singh added.