Heavy rainfall has been forecast across the State, particularly in Udham Singh Nagar, Nainital, Almora, Champawat and Pithoragarh districts in the next 12 hours, said Met director Bikram Singh on Thursday.
The maximum 111.8 mm rainfall was reported in Dhanauri over the past 24 hours by 8 am on Thursday. light to moderate rain/thunderstorm has been forecast at a few places in Uttarakhand on June 20. Generally cloudy sky and light rain/thunderstorm has been forecast at a few places in Uttarakhand till June 19 from Friday. Meanwhile, the maximum temperature was reported to have dipped by three notches as compared to the normal in Dehradun. In Pant Nagar, the maximum has dipped by five notches while it was six notches below the normal in Mukteshwar. Dehradun residents witnessed drizzling during morning hours on Thursday. The sky remained cloudy throughout the day.
Singh further said that the weather forecast for Friday in Dehradun is partly to generally cloudy sky and light rainfall/thunderstorm in some areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be hovering around 33ºC and 22ºC respectively in Dehradun on Friday. The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Friday is light rain/thunderstorm at many places in the State.
Singh further informed that the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 31.3ºC Celsius and 23.1º Celsius in Dehradun while it was 17.5ºC and 14.7ºC in Mukteshwar, 22.4ºC and 15.6ºC in Tehri, 31.2ºC and 23.5ºC in Pantnagar on Thursday. Over the past 24 hours by 8.30 am on Thursday, rainfall was reported at few places in the State. While 43 mm rainfall was reported in Uttarkashi it was 13.0 mm in Mussoorie, 13.6 mm in Dehradun, 42 mm in Tehri, 1.0 mm in Ranichauri, 15 mm in Gairsain, 3.4 mm in Joshimath, 19 mm in Munsiyari, 18 mm in Pithoragarh, 8.2 mm in Malera, 27.9 mm in Mukteshwar, 1.5 mm in Nainital, 2.0 mm in Champawat and 27mm in Pantnagar.