The State Meteorological Centre has forecast heavy rainfall and snowfall for a large swathe of Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Dehradun, Nainital and Pithoragarh districts of the State on Tuesday. Besides, hail is also likely to lash many places like Pauri, Haridwar, Nainital and Dehradun. Overall, forecast for the State indicates generally cloudy sky. Light to moderate rain and snow is likely to occur at most places across the State.
Bikram Singh, director of the State Meteorological Centre, said, “There is a possibility of a good measure of snow and rain in various areas of the State on January 22. A majority of the places are also likely to experience either rain or snow on the day.”
For Dehradun, the climate is going to be generally cloudy with the possibility of rain and thunderstorm, accompanied by hail lashing some areas of the district. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be 20 degree Celsius and 10 degree Celsius respectively on the day, as per the Met department.
The maximum and minimum temperatures recorded at various towns of the State on Monday was 22.4 degree Celsius and 10.1 degree Celsius in Dehradun, 22.2 degree Celsius and 9.5 degree Celsius in Pantnagar, 14.6 degree Celsius and 5.7 degree Celsius in Mukteshwar, 13.4 degree Celsius and 8.0 degree Celsius in New Tehri respectively.
Dehradun:As per the forecast by the State Met Centre of heavy rain and snowfall in various areas of the State, holiday has been announced for the schools from class one to class 12 based in some districts on Tuesday. The announcement of the closure of schools has been made so far in five districts of the State- Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Pithoragarh, and Dehradun.