Heavy rainfall reported over the past 24 hours from various places of the State, Dehradun received 180 mm rainfall on Monday. More rain is likely to lash a few places while some might receive very heavy rain particularly in Kumaon region on Tuesday. Furthermore, the five shrines -Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath, Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib- are likely to receive heavy rainfall on June 27 and June 28 while the spell might be moderate for four days from June 29.
Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that the favourable conditions are developing for the rapid advance of the southwest monsoon. Met officials are monitoring the updates about the monsoon, he said, adding that monsoon rain is still eluding Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. “Monsoon is expected to hit Uttarakhand on June 28, he said.
While 180 mm rainfall was reported by 8.30 am on Monday over the past 24 hours from Dehradun it was 69.2 mm in Tehri, 4.0 mm in Mukteshwar, 150 mm in Mussoorie, 140 mm in Ukhimath, 80 mm in Jolly Grant, 70 mm in Gairsain, 70 mm in Jakholi, 60 mm in Uttarkashi, 50 mm each in Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Tuini, Pauri and 40 mm each in Chaukhutia, Srinagar, Ghansali, Barkot, Kapkot, Garud and 30 mm each in Keertinagar, Roorkee and Bageshwar.
However, the rain has failed to give much relief to the residents of the city on Monday as the level of humidity was quite high. As per the Met official, Dehradun experienced 100 per cent humidity on Monday while it was 100 per cent in New Tehri, 93 percent in Mukteshwar and 60 per cent in Pantnagar.
The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Tuesday is overcast sky with possibility of light to moderate rain/thunder at many places. The weather forecast for Dehradun on Tuesday is generally cloudy sky and few spells of rain/thunder showers with one or two being heavy in some areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 30ºC and 22ºC respectively in Dehradun on Tuesday.
The maximum temperature was 31.8 degree Celsius in the city –normal- on Monday while the minimum was 21.5 degree Celsius - two notches above the normal.
Singh said that in view of expected widespread rainfall activity with heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places during the next three days with south-west monsoon advancing steadily over Uttarakhand, there is possibility of landslides occurring in the vulnerable areas.