If you wish to celebrate your New Year under snow, then don't waste your time and move to Uttarakhand since the weather department has predicted light snowfall on the eve of New Year 2014 due to western disturbances over Jammu and Kashmir and adjoining States.
The Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre has forecasted partly cloudy to generally cloudy sky and light rain at isolated places in plains and rain with light snowfall in the higher reaches of Uttarakhand on December 30-31. "In between December 28-29, the department has forecasted mainly clear sky and dry weather over the State," said Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre Director Bikram Singh. "In the post monsoon season (from October to December), the State has received below the normal rainfall this year," he added. Following weak western disturbances over Pakistan, Jammu Kashmir and adjoining States on Friday, cloudy sky during morning hours was witnessed in Dehradun and other plains districts while light rain and light snowfall might have occurred in the higher reaches of Uttarakhand on Friday.
The maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded 22.0°C and 5.5°C respectively on Friday. The weather forecast for Dehradun on Saturday is clear sky. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 21°C and 05°C respectively on Saturday. The weather forecast for Uttarakhand is clear skyon Saturday. Singh said that Uttarakhand has received rainfall below than the normal this month so far while last year in the month of December, state had received normal rainfall. This month, the State received rainfall below normal, though normal rain for this month is 21.3 mm. In Dehradun district, rainfall was recorded 8.4 mm while 0.8 mm in Tehri and 1.1 mm in Haridwar on December 22/23. In the last year, the State had received 19.2 mm rainfall which was normal in the month of December. Singh further said that this month, State has received below normal rainfall so far this month and state may receive some more rainfall on December 30/31 due to western disturbances over Pakistan and Jammu Kashmir. "Due to western disturbances, Uttarakhand may receive light rainfall at isolated places in the plains and snowfall in higher altitudes like Tapovan, Malari, Joshimath, Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, Kailash Mansarovar route, Auli and other places on the eve of New Year," he added.