When the cold spell is fast waning with the temperatures shooting up across Uttarakhand, the Meteorological centre has issued a warning of hailstorm that is likely to lash vast stretches of Dehradun, Tehri, Pauri and Nainital districts during the next 24 hours. This aside, light to moderate rain/snow has been forecast for a few places in the higher reaches of the state on Tuesday. According to the Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre director Bikram Singh, it might snow at some areas located at 3000 metres and above.
While it drizzled in some areas of Dehradun the sky remained overcast for most parts of the day in the city.
The weather forecast for Dehradun for Tuesday is partly to generally cloudy sky with the possibility of hailstorms lashing at some areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 25ºC and 12ºC respectively in Dehradun the same day. Singh said that the minimum temperatures are appreciably above normal to markedly above normal both in the plains and in the hills of the state. lowest minimum temperature 7 °C was recorded at Metala in Nainital district on Monday.
While the maximum settled at 27.6ºC (five degree above the normal) the minimum shot to at 13.5ºC (five degree above the normal) in Dehradun. It was 18.8ºC (five degree above the normal) and 7.7ºC (five degree above the normal) in Mukteshwar and 29.3ºC (five degree above the normal) and 11.5ºC (four degree above the normal) in Pantnagar on Monday. In New Tehri, maximum temperature was reported at 18.5 degree Celsius while the minimum was 9.2 degree Celsius on Monday.