light drizzling at isolated places in Dehradun and rainfall along with snowfall in the higher reaches of Uttarakhand brought the temperature down by few degrees from the normal on Monday. The unexpected rain coupled with snowfall during the last few days in higher reaches of Uttarakhand brought some relief from the heat to the residents. However, rain has adversely affected the Char Dham Yatra.
The State capital witnessed drizzling with an overcast sky throughout on Monday. With slight possibility of thunder cloud development at isolated places in the plains on Tuesday, the weather is expected to improve by Wednesday. The weather in higher reaches of Uttarakhand is expected to improve from Wednesday onwards. Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre director Anand Sharma attributed the rain and snowfall to western
disturbances, adding light rainfall at isolated places in plains and rain with snowfall in higher reaches of state brought the temperature down by around four degrees in Dehradun. The maximum temperature in Dehradun on Monday was recorded 30.2 degree C which below around four degrees below normal. Areas in higher altitudes like Tapovan, Malari, Joshimath, Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, Kailash Mansarovar route and Auli might have received moderate rain with snowfall due to western disturbances.
Sharma said the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 30.2 degree C and 19.8 degree C respectively in Dehradun on Monday. Dehradun is forecast to experience generally cloudy sky and thunder cloud development/ thunder showers in some areas on Tuesday with maximum and minimum temperatures likely to be around 33 degree C and 21 degree C respectively. The rest of Uttarakhand is forecast to experience light to moderate rain/thunderstorm at many places in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Pithoragarh.