The Met department warned of the possibility of heavy to very heavy rainfall lashing several places in Dehradun, Haridwar, Pauri, Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar districts for three days from July 31. Moreover, heavy rainfall is likely to occur at isolated places especially in Garhwal region of Uttarakhand during next 48 hours, said Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh on Saturday.
By 8.30 am, 110 mm rainfall was reported in Dharchula while 70 each in Srinagar, Munsiyari; 60 mm each in Ukhimath and Karnaprayag; 50 mm in Chaukhutia; 30 mm each in Jakholi, Mussoorie, Rudraprayag, Gairsain, Ghansali, Keertinagar, Kapkot, Tehri, Purola and Deoprayag; 17 mm in Dehradun; 2.0 mm in Mukteshwar and 2.4mm in Pantnagar. large numbers of roads are blocked for traffic due to landslides triggered by heavy rainfall at many places in the state. As per state disaster control room report, three roads are blocked in Uttarkashi while nine roads in Rudraprayag, 17 roads in Chamoli; one national highway, one district main road and 20 village roads are blocked for traffic in Pauri; 10 roads in Dehradun, 11 village motor roads in Tehri; four roads in Bageshwar and six roads in Pithoragarh, two roads each in Almora, Champawat and Nainital. The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Sunday is generally cloudy sky and light to moderate rain/thunder showers at most places in the state.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Sunday is generally cloudy to overcast sky and few spells of rain/thunder showers along with one or two spells of heavy rain at some areas.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 30 degree Celsius and 23 degree Celsius respectively in Dehradun on Sunday. Singh said that the humidity continues to stay high with Dehradun experiencing 97 per cent humidity on Saturday while it was 100 per cent each in New Tehri and Mukteshwar; 95 per cent in Pantnagar.
The maximum temperature was 32.7 degree Celsius- three notches above the normal- while the minimum was 23.8 degree Celsius- one notch above the normal- in Dehradun on Saturday, he added.