Mercury dips a few degrees, rainfall likely at few places for 2 days from March 19

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Cloudy sky and drizzling in the state capital have brought temperatures down by a few notches on Thursday. Meteorological centre has forecast light to moderate rain/snow at a few places in Uttarakhand for two days from March 19. However, the climate would remain dry for two days from March 17.  Informing, Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said on Thursday that the maximum temperatures were normal both in the plains and the hills of the state. However, the minimum temperatures were appreciably below normal to normal in the plains and normal in the hills. The highest maximum temperature 29.0°C was recorded at Pant Nagar while the lowest minimum temperature 4.0 °C was recorded at Munsiyari on Thursday.The weather forecast for Dehradun on Friday is mainly clear sky. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 27°C and 12°C respectively in Dehradun on Friday.

In Dehradun, while the maximum settled at 25.9ºC (one degree below the normal) the minimum was 12.7ºC (one degree above the normal).  It was 18.5ºC (two degree above the normal) and 5.5ºC (one degree above the normal) in Mukteshwar and 29.0ºC (one degree above the normal) and 7.5ºC (four degree below the normal) in Pantnagar on Thursday.  

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