Moderate rainfall likely at Char Dham Yatra routes

Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre has forecast light to moderate rainfall at few places along the Char Dham Yatra routes, particularly Kedarnath on Saturday. The higher reaches of the mountain districts of Uttarakhand received moderate rainfall and snow while rather heavy to heavy rainfall occurred in various districts of Kamoun region from Thursday evening to Friday.

Anand Sharma, Director of Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre, said on Friday that Dehradun district received 14.3 mm of rain. Rainfall recorded in different places by 8.30 am on Friday was 75 mm in Bageshwar, 67 mm in Almora, 107 mm in Chamoli, 159 mm in Banbasa, 37 mm in Kodwar, 67.4 in Devprayag, 26.8 mm in Haridwar, 140 mm in Nainital, 118 mm in Pithoragarh and 62.8 mm in Rudraprayag.

Following rainfall in higher reaches, the temperature dipped  around nine notches as compared to the normal. In Dehradun district, the day was sunny. However, Chamoli, Pithoragarh and CHampawat might receive moderate to rather heavy rainfall from Friday evening onwards.Sharma said that the maximum and minimum temperatures in Dehradun were recorded at 23.2 degree Celsius and 19.4 degree Celsius respectively on Friday. The weather forecast for Dehradun on Saturday is cloudy sky with the possibility of thunder cloud development/light shower in some areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures for Dehradun are likely to be around 33 degree Celsius and 21 degree Celsius respectively on Saturday. 

The weather forecast for the State on Saturday is generally cloudy to cloudy sky. light to moderate rain/thunderstorm would occur at many places with rather heavy spells at a few places, it is learnt.