The Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre has forecast light to moderate rain in the next 24 hours in the State. It warned of heavy rain at isolated places especially in Uttarkashi and the hills of Dehradun, Tehri Garhwal, Bageshwar, Pithoragarh, Chamoli and Rudraprayag districts.
The Met office also forecast snowfall of 25 to 50 cm in depth at places with altitude of over 3,500 metres and snowfall of 5 to 20 cm in depth at places with height between 2,500 metres and 3,500 metres. Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre director Anand Sharma attributed this to a western disturbance induced by cyclonic circulation over Punjab and northern Rajasthan.
On Wednesday, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 20.2 geg C and 15.9 deg C, respectively, in Dehradun. The weather forecast for Dehradun on Thursday is generally cloudy sky and rain/thunder showers at isolated places. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 22 deg C and 15 deg C, respectively, on Thursday in Dehradun.
The Dehradun residents witnessed drizzling since the morning on Wednesday. People were seen with raincoat on or holding umbrellas to guard themselves from the spells of light rain. By 8.30 am on Wednesday, Dehradun received 1 mm of rainfall while the figure was 9 mm for Tehri and 5 mm for Joshimath, he added.