The Meteorological centre has warned the people of the State of heavy to very heavy rainfall across Almora, Nainital, Champawat and Pithoragarh districts of Uttarakhand during the next 24 hours. Widespread rainfall over the past few days has thrown life out of gear in the State. Dehradun received heavy rainfall measuring around 80 mm over the past 24 hours by noon on Saturday.
The sky was cloudy and it drizzled too in the morning. Students and office goers were seen with raincoats on or carrying umbrellas. At noon, however, the sun peeped to the relief to the people. Following heavy rainfall reported since Friday evening in Dehradun, the low-lying areas were water-logged, landing the residents in trouble. However, things on the roads at many places were terrible after Friday night’s heavy downpour. Roads being water-logged, the commuters faced a harrowing time. Several roads across the State, including some in Dehradun district, are still closed. Efforts are on to reopen them.
The mercury, however, came down by a few notches as a result of the widespread rainfall. The maximum temperatures in Dehradun, Mukteshwar and Pantnagar were reportedly two, two and three notches below the normal respectively on Saturday.
Over the past 24 hours by 8.30 am on Saturday, rainfall of varying degrees was reported from some places in the State. While 78.3 mm rainfall was reported in Dehradun it was 45.7 mm in Tehri, 24.1 mm in Mukteshwar and 12.6 mm in Pantnagar.
The Met centre director Vikram Singh informed that the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 29.3ºC Celsius and 22.1ºC Celsius in Dehradun while it was 18.2ºC and 15.2ºC in Mukteshwar, 20.2ºC and 16.6ºC in Tehri and 29.6ºC and 24.0ºC in Pantnagar on Saturday.
The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Sunday is light to moderate rain/thundershowers at many places in Kumaun region and at a few places in Garhwal region while heavy rain might lash some places in Kumaon region.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Sunday is partly to generally cloudy sky and light rain/thunder showers in some areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 31ºC and 23ºC respectively in Dehradun on Sunday, he added.