Much-awaited monsoon has finally arrived in Uttarakhand on Saturday with the southwest monsoon having further advanced into many parts of the State. Kumaon region is set to have heavy to very heavy rainfall during the next 72 hours starting from Saturday evening under the impact of the fast-advancing and deepening southwest monsoon, ushering in the monsoon whose arrival has been delayed by close to 10 days, the weathermen said.
According to the Met officials, the expected good monsoon this year would augur well for agriculture and horticulture sectors. While the state had received normal rainfall in 2016 on the 10 per cent negative side after two preceding years’ deficient rainfall this year would see a reasonably good monsoon, they say.
Uttarakhand Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said on Saturday that the entire state would come under the impact of the monsoon in the next two days. The duration of monsoon season in Uttarakhand is spanning around three and half months, starting from June 21 and closing on September 30, he informed.
The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Sunday is generally cloudy sky and light to moderate rain/thunder showers at many places.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Sunday is generally cloudy sky with the possibility of rain/thunder showers at isolated places. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 31ºC and 23ºC respectively in Dehradun on Sunday. The maximum temperature was 33.8 degree Celsius- two notches above the normal -in the city on Saturday while the minimum was 24.3 degree Celsius –one notch above the normal. Dehradun experienced 87 per cent humidity on Saturday while it was 96 per cent in New Tehri, 91 percent in Mukteshwar and 72 per cent in Pantnagar. The highest maximum temperature of the state 35.5°C- one notch above the normal- was recorded at Pantnagar.
The Met official said that light to moderate rainfall occurred at many places while heavy rainfall lashed isolated places in the State. By 8.30 am on Saturday, 70 mm rainfall was reported in Dharchula over the past 24 hours, 30 mm each in Banbasa and Munsiyari, 0.6 mm in Derhadun, 5.1 mm in Tehri, 2.3 mm in Mukteshwar and 7.2 mm in Pantnagar.