The mountainous parts of the State have received light to moderate rainfall along with snow on Thursday. The Met official said that rainfall was also reported along Char Dham Yatra routes and Kedarnath valley, Badrinath, Bageshwar, Rudraprayag and other places on Thursday.
The portals of Kedarnath Dham would open on Friday and those of Badrinath Dham, on April 26. The Met office has forecast rainfall along Char Dham Yatra routes on Friday. By 8.30 am, Kotdwar received 3 mm rainfall on Thursday, said the Met official.
The Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre has forecast very light to light rain/snow at isolated places (20 per cent area) in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Bageshwar and Pithoragarh districts and dry weather in rest of Uttarakhand would prevail on Friday. Snow fall (01 to 10 cm in depth) may occur at places with altitude of 4,000 m and above. The Met official said the western disturbances have brought these rains.
Meanwhile, Dehradun witnessed clear sky and residents faced scorching heat throughout the day on Thursday. In Dehradun, maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 33.5°C and 17.6°C respectively on Thursday. The weather forecast for Dehradun on Friday is mainly clear partly cloudy sky with thunder cloud development during evening hours in some areas.