Met alert on rain front

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The Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre has issued a warning about moderate to rather heavy rainfall at isolated places across the State on Saturday, while there is light possibility of heavy rainfall at many places in Garhwal division in the next 36 hours. Uttarakhand received widespread moderate rainfall on Friday. Purola, Karnprayag, Uttarkashi, Munsiyari, Kotdwar and  Ranikhet received moderate to rather heavy rainfall during the past 24 hours till 5.30 pm on Friday.

The Met office said that rainfall recorded till 8.30  pm on Friday was 50mm in Ranikhet, 14.2 mm in Kausani, 23mm in Chamoli, 35.8  mm in Karnprayag, 12mm in Banbasa, 12mm in Dehradun, 25mm in Kotdwar, 13mm  in lansdowne, 9.4mm in Haridwar, 0.4 mm in Muketshwar, 32mm in Munsiyari, 13.8mm in Pantnagar, 9.4mm in Badkot, 10mm in Bhatwari, 12mm in Dunda, 88mm  in Purola, 23mm in Uttarkashi and 5.6mm in Rishikesh. The maximum and minimum temperatures were 26.8°C and 22.9°C respectively in Dehradun on Friday. The weather forecast for Dehradun is generally cloudy sky and one or two spells of rain/thunder showers possible, may be moderate in some areas on Saturday.

The maximum and minimum temperatures in Dehradun are likely to be around 29°C and 23°C respectively on Saturday. The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Saturday is light to moderate (05-30mm) rain/thunder showers possible at many places with more than moderate/heavy (40-70 mm) rain /thunder showers could occur at isolated places. As per information received from the Dehradun district disaster control room on Friday, due to incessant rain, several roads of mountainous parts, including lambidhar Kimadi motor road, Chamasari Manjera motor road, Sahastradhara Qyara motor road, Sakni Panjiya motor road, Sakni Kakadi motor road, Munshi Ghati Dau motor road, Hatad Chhajhad boot motor road, Pegatu Rawana Tamta motor road, Maksi Pokhari Kakri motor road, Gaskigad Gadol Sakraul motor road.

Mussoorie bypass motor road, Sahiya motor road, Mussoorie Tyuni Chakrata motor road, New Tehri Kirtinagar motor road, Panjitilani Chandu Supau Dasu motor road, Gaskigad Gadol Sakrol motor road, Koti Dimau lalta Pata motor road, Jhabrad Kunain motor road, Tyuni Kathiyan motor road, Meghatu Kuna Raigi road, Boot motor road, Kanta upper motor road.

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