The five shrines -Gangotri, Yamunotri,Kedarnath, Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib- are likely to receive heavy rain from Saturday till August 2. The commuters/pilgrims and the transporters who are ferrying the people to the shrines have been advised to be vigilant while keeping in touch with the administrative authorities, said Meteorological centre director Birkam Singh on Thursday. As per the warning, heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to lash some places across Uttarakhand during the next 10 days from July 29. Singh further said that the district administrations have been alerted in view of the possibility of heavy rain battering several districts.
He said that the monsoon remaining subdued in Uttarakhand during the past 24 hours, light to moderate rainfall occurred at some places. By 8.30 am on Thursday, 13.8 mm rain was recorded in Dehraudn, 50 mm in Jaspur, 40 mm in Dharchula, 0.3 in Tehri and 1.6 mm in Pantnagar. The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Friday is light to moderate rain/thunder showers at most places in Uttarakhand. The weather forecast for Dehradun on the same day is generally cloudy sky with the likelihood of one or two spells of rain/thunder showers lashing some places.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 30°C and 23°C respectively in Dehradun on Friday. The maximum temperature was 30.1 degree Celsius- normal -in the city on Thursday while the minimum was 23.4 degree Celsius –normal- in the city on Thursday. Highest maximum temperature of the state 35.1°C was recorded at Roorkee.