While the State’s political pot is on the boil awaiting the floor test on Tuesday and its aftermath more rains are in store for it in the coming days. This is what Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre has forecast for the State. It would rain at many places from May 10 to May 13. Met office has issued warning of heavy rainfall at isolated places in Uttarakhand, especially in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal and Dehradun districts, during next 72 hours starting from the morning of May 10.
More good news for the State which has just wriggled itself out of the unprecedented scale of the forest fire that engulfed and reduced to ashes a fairly vast swathe of the State’s forested lands. The rainfall which is being reported from various parts of the State, especially from the mountainous parts for the past many days, has resulted in the ground water being recharged.
Met director Bikram Singh said that a trough from Punjab to Northwest Bay of Bengal is likely to trigger the rains from May 10 and May 13. A Western Disturbance (WD) is also likely to move across Afghanistan, North Pakistan and Northern parts of Jammu and Kashmir during the three days to result in more drops. If things remain favourable for the spell it might drag to two more days till May 15.
The spell has helped the mercury come down to the near normal or below normal levels. The maximum temperatures are likely to dip further in the coming days under the impact of the approaching rains, the weathermen said.
Singh said that the weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Tuesday is light to moderate rain/thunderstorm at many places. A warning has been issued of heavy rainfall at isolated places, especially across Garhwal region, during next 72 hours starting from Tuesday.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Tuesday is partly to generally cloudy sky and light rain/thunderstorm at many places in the district. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 33ºC and 21ºC respectively in Dehradun on Tuesday.
Singh said that light to moderate rainfall has been reported from mountainous parts of the State. By 8.30 am on Monday, trace in Dehradun, 1 mm in Dhanauri, 1 mm in Gairsain, 0.4mm in Pithoragarh, 11.0mm in Matela, 37.8mm in Mukteshwar, 7.4mm in Nainital, 1.0mm in Champawat and trace in Pantnagar have been recorded.