After a lull for a few days, heavy rainfall is likely to lash Dehradun on Monday. The sky would remain cloudy on Sunday with a possibility of a few spells of shower and thunder shower in the city, say the weather officials on Saturday. However, Chamoli is likely to be lashed by heavy rain on Sunday. Along with Dehradun, Uttarkashi district is also likely to experience torrential rain on Monday.
Meanwhile, 12 roads in Dehradun have remained blocked for traffic days after torrential downpour had battered several areas of the district, triggering widespread landslides that left a number of roads blocked.
The still-blocked roads include one in Mussoorie, three in Chakrata, one each in Kalighat Sarona, Malsi Road and lKD Kimari, Chimasari-Sahastradhara, Ser ki Sila and Maldevta and three in Rishikesh, a Dehradun disaster control room official informed.
The sky remained overcast for a better part of the day in the city on Saturday. However, it did not rain anywhere. The district administration is alert over the heavy downpour forecast with several rivers and streams still flowing dangerously for those living in their vicinity.
Bikram Singh, Meteorological centre director, said that monsoon remaining weak in Uttarakhand during the past 24 hour, a few parts of the state recorded light to moderate rainfall on Saturday. The maximum 40 mm rainfall was reported in Dharchula while 30 mm in Rudraprayag by 8.30 am on Saturday.
The maximum temperature was 31.5 degree Celsius- one notch above the normal –in Dehradun while the minimum was 24.6 degree Celsius- two notches above the normal- in the city on Saturday.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Sunday is generally cloudy sky with the possibility of one or two spell of rain/thunder showers. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 31°C and 24°C respectively in Dehradun on Sunday.