Monsoon is expected to arrive in the State between June 25 and June 27, said Uttarakhand Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh on Wednesday, adding light to moderate rainfall has been forecast at isolated places for some days from Thursday.
With the monsoon being all set to arrive in Uttarakhand, pre-monsoon rains are being reported from across the State for the last few days, giving relief to the people smarting under the sweltering heat.
Moderate to rather heavy rainfall have been forecast at isolated places from June 25 for a few days. Moreover, moderate rain/thunder showers are also likely to lash all the five shrines -Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath, Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib- for a few days till June 27.
Singh said that the Met officials are monitoring the updates about the monsoon which has now reached Bihar. “It would take another few days to reach Uttarakhand,” Singh said.
While 30 mm rainfall has been reported from Kirtinagar the figures are 2.1 mm in Dehradun, 20.3 mm in New Tehri and 0.4 mm in Mukteshwar.
The maximum temperature settled at 30.9ºC (three degree below the normal) while the minimum at 22.7ºC (one degree below the normal) in Dehradun. It was 19.8ºC (four degree below the normal) and 12.5ºC (one degree below the normal) in Mukteshwar and 35.5ºC (normal) and 23.8ºC (one degree below the normal) in Pantnagar. In Tehri district, maximum temperature was reported as 22.1 degree Celsius while the minimum was 15.2 degree Celsius on Wednesday.
Singh said that the weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Thursday is partly to generally cloudy sky with the possibility of light to moderate rain/thunder showers at a few places.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Thursday is mainly clear to partly cloudy sky with possibility of thunder cloud development/light rain in some areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 34 ºC and 21 ºC respectively in the city on Thursday, Singh added.