With the gruelling heat haunting the State with the mercury soaring to over 38 degree Celsius in Dehradun on Wednesday, traffic was thin on most of the city roads during the day hours. However, the people might get some relief from the scorching heat as the weathermen have forecast hail and rain at some places, especially in the hills, during the next 36 hours starting from afternoon/evening of June 15 under the impact of easterlies and western disturbances. The plain districts were particularly hot with Pantnagar having recorded 40.7°C.
In Dehradun, the markets were devoid of the buyers with the traders complaining of low volume of sales for the past few days.
The maximum temperature settled at 38.1ºC (three degree above the normal) while the minimum at 23.5ºC (one degree above the normal) in Dehradun. It was 26.2ºC (two degree above the normal) and 15.9ºC (three degree above the normal) in Mukteshwar and 40.7ºC (four degree above the normal) and 24.8ºC (one degree above the normal) in Pantnagar. In Tehri district, maximum temperature was reported as 27.3 degree Celsius while the minimum was 15.4 degree Celsius on Wednesday.
Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that the weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Thursday is light to moderate rain/thunder showers at isolated places.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Thursday is mainly clear becoming partly cloudy sky towards afternoon/evening with thunder cloud development/light rain in some areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 37ºC and 24ºC respectively in the city on Thursday, Singh added.