Dehradun experienced moderate to heavy rainfall on Thursday. Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre has forecast light to moderate rain/thunderstorm at many places in Uttarakhand on Friday. Rather heavy rain may occur at isolated places, especially in Dehradun, Chamoli, Nainital, Almora and Pithoragarh districts of the State.
Dehradun received around 36 mm rainfall at isolated places on Thursday. Dehradun residents witnessed cloudy sky along with moderate rainfall at isolated places, which resulted in a dip in maximum temperature by a few notches.
Director of State Meteorological Centre, Anand Sharma said that cloudy sky and one or two spells of rain/thunder showers would occur in some areas on Friday. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 29 degree Celsius and 24 degree Celsius respectively on Friday. The maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded 30.8°C and 24.0°C respectively in Dehradun on Thursday.
Around noon traffic congestion was witnessed on various roads. low-lying areas in the city were waterlogged, causing
inconvenience to the commuters. The frequency of city buses was very erratic. Roads being slippery, the people driving cars or two-wheelers faced problems.
Moderate to rather heavy rainfall was reported in various parts of the state. Joshimath received 24 mm rainfall by 8. 30 am on Thursday, taking the past 24 hours. As per Met office report, rainfall recorded till by 8.30 am on Thursday was 53 mm in Banbasa, 18 mm in Purola, 24 mm in Munsiyari, 36.4 mm in Pantnagar, 11.6 mm in Uttarkashi and 5 mm in Nainital.