Met predicts rainfall in plains, snow in higher reaches

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The Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre has forecast light rainfall at isolated places in plains and rain with light snowfall in the higher reaches of Uttarakhand on Monday, said Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre Director Bikram Singh. 

He has attributed this to western disturbances over Pakistan and Jammu and Kashmir and induced cyclonic circulation over Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh and other places. Singh said that the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded to be 21.2°C and 4.6°C respectively. The weather forecast for Dehradun is partly cloudy sky and thunder cloud could occur in some areas.

The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 21°C and 06°C respectively. The weather forecast for Uttarakhand is that there are possibilty of rainfall at isolated places in plains and rain with snowfall at higher reaches, including the areas of Tapovan, Malari, Joshimath, Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, Kailash Mansarovar route, Auli and other place of Uttarakhand. The department has also forecast shallow fog/mist in plains, especially in Udham Singh Nagar and Haridwar districts on Monday.

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