The Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre has forecast very light to light rain/thunder-showers in isolated places, especially in Uttarkashi, Chamoli and Pithoragarh districts of Uttarakhand , on April 11 and April 12. Dry weather has been forecast for the State till April 10. Sky was clear while wind blew on Friday.
However, the weather triggered trouble for the residents of Dehradun as power went off in many areas on Thursday. They sounded angry, saying that the department should have taken measures to stop the recurrence of power cuts once it drizzled or wind blew.
The meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that weather forecast in Dehradun on Saturday is clear sky. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 33ºC and 15ºC, respectively in Dehradun on Saturday, he added. Singh informed that the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 33.0ºC and 14.1ºC in Dehradun while it was 21.5ºC and 6.8ºC in Tehri, 20.2ºC and 5.1ºC in Mukteshwar and 35.9ºC and 16.0ºC in Pantnagar on Friday. Over the last 24 hours by 8.30 am on Friday, Uttarakhand received widespread rainfall at many places. While 2.5 mm rainfall was reported in Uttarkashi 5 mm in Mussoorie, 1.9 mm in Dehradun, 13.8 mm in Tehri, 10 mm in Ghansali, 12 mm in Ranichauri, 7 mm in Gairsain, 8.6 mm in Joshimath, 1 mm in Dhanauri, 5 mm in Munsiyari, 4.2 mm in Pithoragarh, 3 mm in Matela and 5.4 mm in Mukteshwar, it is learnt.