The meteorological centre has forecast light to moderate rain/thunderstorm accompanied with hail/squall at isolated places across the state, particularly in Kumaon region, on Saturday. The Met office has released a warning of hail/squall lashing isolated places in Uttarakhand for four days since April 7.
The Dehradun residents experienced a warm day on Friday as the maximum temperature soared to 33.8 degree Celsius. The highest maximum temperature of the state 37.5°C was recorded at Jaspur while the lowest minimum temperature 9.5°C was recorded at Munsiyari. As per the report sent by the Met department by 8.30 am on Friday, very light to light rainfall occurred at isolated places in the state and 10 mm rainfall was reported from Bageshwar.
The weather forecast for Dehradun for Saturday is partly to generally cloudy sky with possibility of rain/thunderstorm in some areas.
Uttarakhand meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said on Friday that a fresh western disturbance is likely to affect western Himalayan region from April 8 and it would remain active for the next three days.
As per the chart sent by the weather department, in Pantnagar, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 34.0 degree Celsius and 19.6 degree Celsius, respectively. In Mukteshwar, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 24.2 degree Celsius and 10.9 degree Celsius. In New Tehri, the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded were 23.2 degree Celsius and 12.4 degree Celsius respectively.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 33 degree Celsius and 20 degree Celsius respectively in Dehradun on Saturday, Singh said.