The Meteorological centre has issued a warning of heavy rainfall lashing isolated places in Uttarkashi, Chamoli and Pithoragarh districts on Friday. The highest maximum temperature 36.4°C was recorded at Jolly Grant while the lowest minimum temperature 12.9°C was recorded at Mukteshwar.
Dehradun residents continued to reel under scorching heat on Thursday too with the maximum temperature surging to over 36 degree Celsius. Roads continued to be deserted during the day hours with the students remaining at the receiving end of the heat as they stepped out of the schools to catch buses back home. The maximum temperature settled at 36.4ºC (two degree above the normal) while the minimum at 23.4ºC (three degree above the normal) in Dehradun. It was 26.8ºC (three degree above the normal) and 12.9ºC (one degree above the normal) in Mukteshwar and 36.0ºC (two degree above the normal) and 22.1ºC (two degree above the normal) in Pantnagar. In Tehri district, maximum temperature was reported as 25.1 degree Celsius while the minimum was 13.1 degree Celsius on Thursday.
Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that very light to moderate rainfall along with hail has been reported from a few places in Uttarakhand. By 8.30 am on Friday, 30 mm rainfall each was reported in Uttarkashi and Bhatwari; 20 mm rainfall in Barkot, 10 mm rainfall in Dunda and trace each in Dehradun and Tehri.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Friday is thunder cloud development in some areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 35 ºC and 22 ºC respectively in the city on Friday
The Met official said that light to moderate rain/thunder shower is likely to occur at a few places especially in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Bageshwar and Pithoragarh districts for at least three days starting from May 13.