light rainfall at isolated places of plain districts and moderate to heavy rain along with snowfall was reported at higher reaches of Uttarakhand on Tuesday.Uttarakhand meteorological centre has forecast light rainfall on Char Dham Yatra route on Wednesday and clearing of the weather from May 15.
On Tuesday morning, the State capital witnessed drizzling with an overcast sky in the morning which was followed by sunshine after noon. Showers at isolated places in plains and rainfall and snowfall in higher reaches of Uttarakhand for the last two days brought the temperature down by few degrees from the normal. Uttarakhand meteorological centre director Anand Sharma attributed this to western disturbances.
On Tuesday, Dehradun received 7 mm rainfall while 14 mm rain was recorded in Joshimath, 4 mm in Champawat, 8.6 mm in Ranikhet, 3.4 mm in Kausani, 20 mm in Chamoli, 9.8 mm in Karnprayag, 6.4 mm in Rishikesh, 37.4 mm in Srinagar, 35 mm in Rudraprayag, 15.4 mm in Uttarkashi, 22.8 mm in Barkot, 14 mm in
Bhatwari, 11 mm in lansdowne, 13 mm in Pauri, 20.2 mm in Kirtinagar, 33.5 mm in Tehri, 7.6 mm in Haridwar, 10.2 mm in Mukteshwar, 4 mm in Nainital, 20 mm in Munsiyari and 7.4 mm in Pithoragarh.
Sharma further said that the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 27.6°C and 17.5°C respectively in Dehradun on Tuesday. The weather forecast for Dehradun on Wednesday is partly cloudy sky and thunder cloud development at some areas towards afternoon. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 32°C and 19°C respectively on Wednesday in Dehradun.
The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Wednesday is very light to light rain/thunder shower at isolated places in hills especially in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Pithoragarh districts. Mainly dry weather in rest of Uttarakhand.