light rain and snow have been forecast at isolated places, especially in higher reaches of Uttarkashi, Chamoli and Pithoragarh districts, for the next few days from November 13.
Uttarakhand Meteorological centre Bikram Singh attributed this to western disturbances, saying that a fresh western disturbance is very likely to affect western Himalayan region from November 13 till November 19. Meanwhile, the mercury dipped a bit in Dehradun on Saturday with the minimum temperature coming down to 12 from the earlier14 degree Celsius. The climate would remain dry in the state for the next few days.
The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Sunday is mainly clear to partly cloudy sky with possibility of fog formation in some parts of the state. Maximum temperatures remained normal to above normal in the plains and normal in the hills of Uttarakhand. The highest maximum temperature 30.9°C was recorded at Jaspur in Udham Singh Nagar district while the lowest minimum temperature 3.5°C at Matela in Almora district on Saturday.
While the maximum settled at 27.9ºC (two degree above the normal) and the minimum at 12.2ºC (one degree above the normal) in Dehradun it was 19.4ºC (two degree above the normal) and 6.5ºC (normal) in Mukteshwar and 29.5ºC (one degree above the normal) and 11.5ºC (normal) in Pantnagar on Saturday.
In Tehri district, maximum temperature was reported as 20.2 degree Celsius while the minimum was 9.2 degree Celsius on the day.