The wet spell is likely to continue in the state on Friday too as the state meteorological centre has forecast very light to a light thunderstorm, snowfall and rainfall at isolated places. The climate is to remain mainly clear to the partly cloudy in the rest of the state. Dehradun may also experience thundercloud activity on the day, as per the Met department forecast. The forecast further said that the sky would remain clear to partly cloudy on the day and some parts may experience thundershower. The maximum and minimum temperatures in the city are likely to be around 25 degree Celsius and 14 degree Celsius respectively.
The Met officers further said that the mercury would start going up by the end of this month. Meanwhile, the minimum temperature in the city went up on Thursday as it settled at 13 degree Celsius, four notches above the normal. It might go up a little on Friday, the weather officers said.
The maximum and minimum temperatures recorded at various parts of the state on Thursday were 25.9 degree Celsius and 13.1 degree Celsius in Dehradun, 27.0 degree Celsius and 15.9 degree Celsius in Pantnagar, 13.0 degree Celsius and 2.7 degree Celsius in Mukteshwar and 9.2 degree Celsius in 4.6 degree Celsius in New Tehri.