Heavy to very heavy rainfall has been forecast at isolated places especially in Dehradun, Haridwar, Pauri, Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar districts of Uttarakhand on July 31 and August 1. However, heavy rainfall is likely to occur at isolated places especially in Garhwal region of Uttarakhand on Saturday and Sunday.
Following landslides triggered due to rainfall from various parts, as many as many 13 roads in the mountainous parts of Dehradun were blocked for traffic. However, the administrative officers claimed that department officers have been pressed into to open the blocked roads to ensure smooth flow of traffic in the affected areas.
Meanwhile, sunshine was witnessed throughout the day.
Residents experienced hot and humid condition. Birkam Singh, director of Meteorological centre said that the humidity continues to stay high with Dehradun experiencing 89 per cent humidity on Friday while it was 95 per cent in New Tehri, 96 per cent in Mukteshwar and 91 per cent in Pantnagar.
The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Saturday is generally cloudy sky and light to moderate rain/thunder showers at most places in Uttarakhand. The weather forecast for Dehradun on Saturday is generally cloudy sky and one or two spells of rain/thunder showers at some places. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 31 degree Celsius and 23 degree Celsius respectively in Dehradun on Saturday.
Monsoon remained weak in Uttarakhand during past 24 hours. Very light to moderate rainfall occurred at a few places in Uttarakhand. By 8.30 am, 40 mm rainfall in Haldwani, Dharchula, 0.3 mm in Dehradun, 0.9 mm in New Tehri and 7.4 mm in Pantnagar. As per available report, the highest maximum temperature 34.4°C was recorded at Pant Nagar. The maximum temperature was 33.5 degree Celsius- one notch above the normal- while the minimum was 24.0 degree Celsius- one notch above the normal- in Dehradun on Friday.