Overcast sky interspersed with drizzling till the noon hours on Sunday has brought relief to the residents of the city from the heat of the summer. The mercury saw a dip by four notches on Sunday. The Meteorological centre has forecast light rain/thunder showers at isolated places across Uttarakhand till June 15, starting fromMonday. Moreover, moderate rain/thunder showers are likely to lash all the five shrines -Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath, Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib- for days till June 17, the centre warned.
Dehradun residents woke up to a cloudy morning on Sunday. The sun remaining hidden behind the penumbra of thick clouds and the intermittent rains brought cheers on their faces as it was quiet hot on Saturday.
According to the Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh, the maximum temperature settled at 30.5ºC (four degree below the normal) while the minimum at 23.5ºC (one degree above the normal) in Dehradun. It was 21.0ºC (three degree below the normal) and 12.9ºC (normal) in Mukteshwar and 37.6ºC (one degree above the normal) and 24.8ºC (one degree above the normal) in Pantnagar. In Tehri district, maximum temperature was reported as 22.2 degree Celsius while the minimum was 15.6 degree Celsius on Sunday.
Singh further said that the weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Monday is partly cloudy sky with possibilities of very light to light rain/thunder showers at isolated places, especially in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Pithoragarh districts.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Monday is mainly clear to partly cloudy sky with possible thunder clouds development in some areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 34ºC and 21ºC respectively in the city on Monday.
By 8.30 am on Sunday, 40 mm rainfall was reported in Pithoragarh. The highest maximum temperature 37.6ºC was recorded at Pantnagar while the lowest minimum temperature 12.9°C was recorded at Mukteshwar on Sunday, Singh added.