Spell of rains has resulted in the mercury- left soaring before the onset of the spell- dip substantially in Dehradun. The maximum temperature in the capital recorded seven notches below the normal on Wednesday following light to moderate rain at many places. The sky remained overcast throughout the day interspersed with rainy spell.
The Met official said that the maximum temperature settled at 28.4ºC (seven degree below the normal) while the minimum at 18.8ºC (three degree below the normal) in Dehradun. It was 19.6ºC (five degree below the normal) and 11.8ºC (one degree below the normal) in Mukteshwar and 35.4ºC (two degree below the normal) and 24.0ºC (three degree above the normal) in Pantnagar. In Tehri district, maximum temperature was reported as 20.8 degree Celsius while the minimum was 12.0 degree Celsius on Wednesday.
As per the report received from the Meteorological centre, by 8.30 am on Wednesday, 120 mm rainfall was reported in Jakholi, 50 mm in Ukhimath; 30 mm each in Purola, Mukteshwar; 20 mm in Chamoli, Didihat, Barkot, Gairsain, Dehradun; 10 mm each in Munsiyari, Dharchula, Rudraprayag, Bhatwari, Uttarkashi, Karnaprayag and Mussoorie and 0.5 mm in New Tehri.
The highest maximum temperature 35.6°C was recorded at Jollygrant while the lowest minimum temperature was 11.8°C at Mukteshwar.
Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that the weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Thursday is partly to generally cloudy sky and light to moderate rain / thunder shower at a few places. The weather forecast for Dehradun for the same day is clear to partly cloudy sky with possibility of thunder cloud development/light rain at some areas.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 34ºC and 19ºC respectively in Dehradun on Thursday. The Met official has forecast very light to light rain/thunder shower at isolated places across Uttarakhand for three days from June 2.