Moderate to rather heavy rainfall was reported in various parts of the state on Friday. Dehradun experienced 68.8 mm rainfall, recorded till 8.30 am on Friday. Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre has forecast light to moderate rain/thunderstorm at many places in Uttarakhand on Saturday. Rather heavy rain may occur at isolated places especially in mountainous districts of Uttarakhand.
Huge traffic pileup resulted in Dehradun from the rains and the protest rallies taken out by various organisations. low-lying areas in the city were waterlogged.
The maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded 30.8°C and 24.0°C respectively on Thursday while they were respectively 25.5°C and 23.6 °C in Dehradun on Friday.
Director of State Meteorological Centre, Anand Sharma said that the sky would be cloudy and one or two spells of rain/thunder showers would occur in some areas on Saturday.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 28 degree Celsius and 24 degree Celsius respectively in Dehradun on Saturday.
As per Met office report, rainfalls recorded till by 8.30 am on Friday were 39.6 mm in Pantnagar, 46 mm in Chamoli, 30.6 mm in Karnprayag, 36 mm in Banbasa, 58 mm in Kotdwar, 52 mm in landsdown, 49.2 mm in Devprayag, 70 mm in Nainital, 12 mm in Mussoorie, 20 mm in Uttarkashi, 15 mm each in Haldwani and Haridwar.
The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Saturday is light to moderate rain/thunderstorm at many places in Uttarakhand. Rather heavy rain may occur at isolated places, especially in Dehradun, Chamoli, Nainital, Almora and Pithoragarh districts of Uttarakhand.