The Dehradun Met officials said that the southwest monsoon has withdrawn from some parts of West Rajasthan, adding that the withdrawal line passes through Anupgarh, Bikaner and Jaisalmer. However, the monsoon has withdrawn a fortnight after the normal date that is September 1.
In tune with the belated withdrawal of monsoon from Rajasthan, the monsoon is likely to withdraw in Uttarakhand around a week after the normal time that is the last week of September.
However, Bikram Singh, director of Meteorological Centre, said that it is not necessary that monsoon withdrawal date in Uttarakhand would delay following the withdrawal pattern found in Rajasthan.
He further said that the Met officials are monitoring the situation and it is too early to say anything right now. But normal withdrawal of monsoon in Uttarakhand is last week of September, he added.
light to moderate rainfall/thundershowers has been forecast at isolated places in Uttarakhand on September 20.
The Met office has forecast very light to light rainfall/thundershowers at isolated places in Uttarakhand from September 17 to September 19.
While 80 mm rainfall was reported over the past 24 hours by 8.30 am from Haldwani Dehradun received 1.3 mm rainfall, Mukteshwar 3.2 mm and Pantnagar 5.6 mm.
In Dehradun, things were humid, though it drizzled in some areas in the evening on Friday.
The weather forecast for Uttarakhand for Saturday is very light to light rainfall/thundershowers at many places across the state.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Saturday is partly cloudy sky and thunder cloud development at many places.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 32ºC and 22ºC respectively in Dehradun on Saturday.
The weathermen said that the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 31.2ºC Celsius and 22.6ºC Celsius in Dehradun respectively while it was 21.2ºC and 14.8ºC in Mukteshwar, 25.0ºC and 16.2ºC in Tehri and 34.1ºC and 24.6ºC in Pantnagar on Friday.