Heavy rainfall is likely to lash isolated places, especially in Dehradun, Haridwar, Pauri, Chamoli, Nainital and Pithoragarh districts of Uttarakhand during the next 24 hours. However, monsoon remaining normal in Uttarakhand during the past 24 hours, light to moderate rainfall occurred at many places while heavy rainfall lashed a few places in Uttarakhand. By 8.30 am on Wednesday, 80 mm rainfall was reported in Banbasa, 50 mm each in Mussoorie, Srinagar, Munsiyari and Dehradun and 30 mm each in Pauri, Jollygrant and Bhatwari. The highest maximum temperature of the state 37.7°C was recorded at Roorkee.
Notably, Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places in Dehradun, Haridwar, Pauri, Champawat, Nainital and US Nagar districts and at isolated paces in the remaining districts of Uttarakhand on August 11 and 12. As many as 12 roads in the mountainous parts of the Dehradun are still blocked for traffic.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Thursday is generally cloudy sky with the likelihood of a few spells of rain/thunder showers at isolated places. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 31 degree Celsius and 24 degree Celsius respectively in the city on Thursday. The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Thursday is generally cloudy sky and light to moderate rain/thunder showers at most places.
The maximum temperature was 32.0 degree Celsius, two notches above the normal, while the minimum was 24.3 degree Celsius- one notch above the normal- in Dehradun on Thursday.
Humidity, however, continued to stay high at 95 per cent in Dehradun on Wednesday while it was 100 per cent each in New Tehri, 83 per cent in Mukteshwar and 92 percent in Pantnagar.