More rain is likely to lash the State during the next 24 hours with the possibility of a few places receiving heavy to very heavy rain. The weather officials said on Wednesday that the official arrival of monsoon in the state might be announced any time during the next 48 hours with favourable conditions developing for rapid advance of southwest monsoon in Uttarakhand.
The Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that the Met officials are monitoring the updates about the monsoon. The arrival of monsoon in Uttarakhand is likely to be declared on Thursday or Friday, adding the senior Met officials based in Delhi would officially declare the arrival of the monsoon, depending on the factors that determine it.
He said that in view of expected widespread rainfall activity with heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places, there is a good possibility of landslide/roadblocks occurring in the vulnerable areas. The general public/pilgrims are advised to be vigilant and take necessary precautionary measures and coordinate closely with state government authorities/officials, he said. He further said that very light to moderate rainfall had occurred at many places in Uttarakhand over the past 24 hours on Wednesday. By 8.30 am on Wednesday over the past 24 hours, 50 mm rainfall each was reported in Barkot and Chamoli, 30 mm each in Pantnagar, Kapkot and Banbasa, 2.1 mm in Dehradun, and 33.8 mm in Pantnagar.
The maximum temperature was 27.8 degree Celsius in the city –four notches above the normal- on Wednesday while the minimum was 24.6 degree Celsius –one notch above the normal. The highest maximum temperature of the state 35.4°C- one notch above the normal- was recorded at Pantnagar.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Thursday is generally cloudy sky and one or two spells of rain/thunder showers at some places.
Maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 30°C and 23°C respectively in Dehradun on Thursday.
He further said that the the five shrines -Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath, Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib- are likely to receive heavy rain on Thursday. The spell would, however, last till July 4, though the intensity would come down after the heavy spell, he added.