Heavy rain has been forecast sporadically in several districts like Udham Singh Nagar, Champawat, Pithoragarh, Nainital, Pauri, Haridwar and Dehradun districts in the next 48 hours starting from Monday evening.
Moreover, it drizzled in Dehradun on Monday, bringing the mercury down by a few notches. The people seem to be impatiently waiting for the monsoon to arrive to end the spell of heat-induced humidity. The monsoon is in the offing, arriving in the State in a couple of days, said the weathermen.
The maximum temperature was reported to have dipped by two notches as compared to the normal in Dehradun. In Pant Nagar, the maximum has dipped by one notch. The maximum temperature was reported to have dipped by a few notches as compared to the normal in other places of the state.
State Meteorological Centre director Bikram Singh on Monday said that state has been receiving pre-monsoon showers due to western disturbances. However, light to moderate rain/thunderstorm has been forecast at a few places in Uttarakhand till June 24, the time monsoon would arrive.
Singh further said that the weather forecast for Tuesday in Dehradun is generally cloudy sky and few spells of light to moderate rain/thunderstorm in some areas.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be hovering around 31ºC and 25ºC respectively in Dehradun on Tuesday. The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Tuesday is light to moderate rain/thunderstorm at many places in the State.
Singh further informed that the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 31.3ºC Celsius and 25.0º Celsius in Dehradun while it was 23.6ºC and 15.2ºC in Mukteshwar, 24.7ºC and 18.1ºC in Tehri, 34.4ºC and 25.5ºC in Pantnagar on Monday.
Over the past 24 hours by 8.30 am on Monday, rainfall was reported at few places in the State. While 38.0 mm rainfall was reported in Joshimath it was 37.0 mm in Munsiyari, trace in Pithoragarh, 1.6 mm in Matela, 2.0 mm in Mukteshwar, 4.0 mm in Nainital and trace in Pantnagar.