Moderate rainfall in higher reaches and rather heavy to heavy rainfall at isolated places in Uttarakhand is forecast in the next 24 hours, said Dr Anand Sharma, director of Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre on Sunday. Moderate rainfall in higher reaches will continue till June 28. Rainfall with low visibility in different places of Uttarakhand might hamper the relief and rescue operations in disaster affected districts, he added.
Dehradun and Pantnagar received 55.2 mm and 40.2 mm rainfall till 5 pm on Sunday respectively whereas rainfall recorded till 8 am on Sunday in other places of Uttarakhand was 8 mm in Uttarkashi, 0.8 mm in Rudraprayag, 3.4 mm in Jakholi, 13 mm in Munsiyari, 16 mm in Kotdwar, 17 mm in Banbasa, 1.2 mm in Joshimath, 46.6 mm in Devprayag, 1.2 mm in Nainital and 40 mm in Chamoli.
Sharma further said that the weather forecast for Dehradun on Monday is cloudy sky and one or two spells of moderate to rather heavy rain in some areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures in Dehradun are likely to be around 31 degrees Celsius and 24 degrees Celsius respectively on Monday.
The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Monday is rain/thunder showers at many places. He issued warning as rather heavy to heavy rainfall is possible at isolated places during next 36 hours in Uttarakhand.