The state meteorological centre has issued a warning about the likelihood of frost occurring in the mountainous regions of the state. People living in mountains will witness moderate frost in the morning hours on Saturday. The skies will remain clear to partly cloudy and dry weather is likely to prevail in the rest of the state.
According to the state meteorological centre, shallow fog is forecast to occur in various places in the plains especially in the areas of Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts.
Apart from these districts, mist/shallow fog is likely to occur during morning hours in the state’s provisional capital too with skies remaining clear to partly cloudy. The maximum and minimum temperatures are forecast to be 17 degrees Celsius and five degrees Celsius respectively in Dehradun on Saturday.
A notable difference between maximum and minimum temperature was recorded in Mukteshwar on Friday with the maximum being 12.6 degrees Celsius and minimum being -0.7 degrees Celsius. Meanwhile, maximum and minimum temperatures recorded in various parts of the state on Friday were 18.2 degrees Celsius and 6.6 degrees Celsius respectively in Dehradun, 15.5 degrees Celsius and 4.1 degrees Celsius in Pantnagar and 13.2 degrees Celsius and 0.8 degrees Celsius respectively in New Tehri.