Cold conditions prevailed across the State on Monday with snowfall being reported from high altitude regions including Badrinath and Kedarnath among other areas. The mercury level dipped a bit in the provision state capital compared on Sunday though clear skies during the earlier part of the day provided some relief to the people from the cold. Other areas at lower altitudes and in the Terai experienced clear sky during part of the day also marked by spells of cloudy skies. According to the weather forecast for Uttarakhand issued by the state meteorological centre, the state is likely to witness dry conditions which will prevail across the state on Tuesday. Dense fog/fog is also likely to occur in some parts of plains especially in the Udham Singh Nagar, Haridwar and Nainital districts during the next two days in the morning and night hours. Ground frost is likely to occur in some parts of the mountainous region in the next two days during the morning and night hours. On Monday, the minimum temperature in Mukteshwar was recorded at -1.3 ºC with the maximum temperature being recorded at 5. 6 ºC . Similarly, in Dehradun the maximum and minimum temperatures were reported to be 20 ºC and 6.5 ºC respectively. New Tehri registered a minimum temperature of -0.6 ºC and maximum temperature of 9.3 ºC with Pantnagar registered maximum and minimum temperatures of 5.8 ºC and 22.2 ºC respectively on Monday. For Tuesday, the Meteorological centre has forecast mainly clear sky for Dehradun with the maximum and minimum temperatures likely to be around 20ºC and 6ºC respectively.