The Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre issued a warning on Thursday forecasting rain and heavy snowfall in many places in Uttarakhand on Friday. The weather would start improving from February 1, the meteorological centre states. The State Government is learnt to have taken measures and as it has taken the warning of the weather officials seriously.
The Met director Bikram Singh said that heavy to very heavy snowfall is likely to occur at isolated places in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Pithoragarh and Bageshwar districts in the next 48 hours, starting from Friday morning.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Friday is generally cloudy sky. One or two sells of light rain/thunder showers are likely to occur in some areas on Friday. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 16ºC and 08 ºC respectively in Dehradun on Friday.
The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Friday is light to moderate rain/snow at many places in the State.
The Met director further said that it might snow in Nainital, Dhanaulti and Auli rather heavily during the period. Mussoorie is also likely to have snowfall during the next couple of days. Besides, light to moderate rainfall/snowfall has also been forecast for places located at the altitude of 1800/2000 metres and above.
The mercury is likely to dip by four to six degrees under the impact of the expected spell of snow/rain. Singh said the weather would change in the State due to the onset of western disturbances. Hailstorm/thunder squall is likely to occur at isolated places in plains especially in Dehradun and Haridwar districts of Uttarakhand during next 48 hours.
Singh further informed that the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 22.4 ºC and 7.1ºC in Dehradun while it was 15.6ºC and 3.0ºC in Tehri, 15.2ºC and 1.3 ºC in Mukteshwar and 22.2ºC and 2.7ºC in Pantnagar on Thursday.