Snowfall in the higher reaches of the mountainous districts and rainfall in the plain districts have brought down the mercury by a few notches on Monday. It rained in Dehradun too till noon. Uttarakhand Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that snowfall has been reported from places at altitude of 2500 metres and above likeDhanolti, Munsiyari, Surkanda, Chakrata, Kedarnath, Rudraprayag, Auli and Pithoragarh since Sunday night. In Dehradun, the minimum temperature dipped by two degrees as to the normal.
The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Tuesday is partly to generally cloudy sky and very light to light rain/snow at a few places in the state. Weather forecast for Dehradun on Tuesday is partly cloudy sky and thunder cloud development at some areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 21 degree Celsius and six degree Celsius respectively on Tuesday. On Monday, the maximum temperature and minimum temperatures were recorded at 19.5 degree Celsius, two notches below the normal, and 11.7 degree Celsius, three notches above the normal, respectively in Dehradun. In Pantnagar, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 18.4 degree Celsius, five notches below the normal, and 14.0 degree Celsius, six notches above the normal respectively. In Mukteshwar, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 3.6 degree Celsius, nine notches below normal, and 2.4 degree Celsius, normal. In Tehri, the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded were 7.6 degree Celsius and 6.1 degree Celsius respectively.
The roads in Dehradun being wet, the commuters had a tough time. Major traffic jams were witnessed on various roads of the city due to the rain. Among the worst affected areas were Rispana, Survey Chowk, Dilaram Chowk, Prince Chowk, Darshanlal Chowk, Hospital road, Court Road, Gandhi Road and Clock Tower where traffic either crawled or got stuck. Ramesh, a bike rider, said that it took him around an hour to reach Subhash Road from Patelnagar.