light rainfall was reported from various parts of the state on Wednesday. Moreover, light to moderate rain/snow has been forecast at isolated places in Uttarakhand on Thursday. Besides, snowfall is likely to occur at places with height 3500 metres and above on Thursday. light rain (0.4mm) was reported at some places in Dehradun while 1.6 mm in Tehri, 0.8 mm in Mukteshwar and 1.4 mm in Pantnagar. Very light to light rain/snow has been forecast for isolated places in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Dehradun and Tehri districts, especially in higher reaches on March 3. However, dry climate is likely to return to Uttarakhand on March 4 and March 5.
Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that light rainfall was reported at isolated places. The weather forecast for Dehradun on Thursday is mainly clear to partly cloudy sky. Thunder cloud development is likely to occur in some areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 29ºC and 12ºC respectively in Dehradun on Thursday. Maximum temperatures are appreciably above normal in the plains and markedly above normal in hills of Uttarakhand.
Highest maximum temperature 29.8°C was recorded at Ghansali in Tehri while lowest minimum temperature 6.3°C was recorded at Mukteshwar.
While the maximum settled at 30.4ºC (seven degree above the normal) and the minimum at 14.6ºC (five degree above the normal) in Dehradun it was 15.0ºC (one degree above the normal) and 6.3ºC (two degree above the normal) in Mukteshwar and 30.7ºC (five degree above the normal) and 10.5ºC (two degree above the normal) in Pantnagar on Wednesday. In Tehri district, maximum temperature was reported as 16.6 degree Celsius while the minimum was 6.6 degree Celsius on Wednesday.