As it drizzled at some places in the Garhwal region on Tuesday more is in store for Wednesday too, according to the Met officials.
They say that rain/snow of light to moderate intensity would occur at a few places in Uttarakhand. Snowfall is likely to occur at places with height 3500 metres and above, said Uttarakhand Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh. He further said that the sky would remain overcast in Dehradun on Wednesday with possibility of thunder cloud development occurring in some areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 27°C and 12°C respectively in Dehradun on Wednesday, he informed.
The minimum temperatures are appreciably below normal to normal in the plains and above normal in the hills of the state, said Singh, adding that the lowest minimum temperature 1.8°C was recorded at Matela in Nainital district.
While the maximum settled at 28.4ºC (five degree above the normal) and the minimum at 10.3ºC (one degree above the normal) in Dehradun it was 21.2ºC (seven degree above the normal) and 5.3ºC (two degree above the normal) in Mukteshwar and 28.3ºC (three degree above the normal) and 5.7ºC (three degree below the normal) in Pantnagar on Tuesday. In Tehri district, maximum temperature was reported as 19.6 degree Celsius while the minimum was 7.4 degree Celsius on Tuesday.
The weather forecast for March 2 is light to moderate rain/snow at a few places in the state while snowfall might occur at places with height 3500 metres and above. Very light to light rain/snow has been forecast for isolated places in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Dehradun and Tehri districts, especially in higher reaches on March 3. However, dry climate is likely to return to Uttarakhand on March 4.