No rain/snowfall has been forecast across the State during the next one week. As per statistics, scanty rain has been reported so far in the ongoing winter season across the State. According to the State meteorological centre director Bikram Singh, the proper winter in the State spans over two months- January and February. Uttarakhand has received 17.5 mm average rain during the winter this year as compared to the normal figure of 35.7 mm. This show about 51 per cent deficient rains as compared to the normal between January 1 and January 24, 2018, said Singh on Sunday. Moreover, scant rainfall upto 76 per cent below normal in post-monsoon season from November 1 to December 31 last year was reported from various parts of the State. Uttarakhand has been receiving scanty rainfall for the last three months- November, December and January. This has distressed the farmers in the State.
The meteorological centre director further said that rain/snowfall during winter season is highly dependent on western climatic disturbances. Following weak western disturbances, rainfall was not reported upto the mark in the state.
With lesser western disturbance resulting in lesser rain, the various crops and fruits cultivated in the winter season have been affected by the rain deficiency. In addition to this, people living in higher altitude mountainous parts of the state may face problems of drinking water.
Meanwhile, Singh said that moderate to dense fog is likely to occur in some parts of plains districts -Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts especially in morning hours while ground frost at isolated places in hills of Uttarakhand during next 24 hours on Monday. In Dehradun, sunshine with mild wind was reported throughout the day. Met official said that moderate to dense fog occurred in some parts of plains while ground frost at isolated places in hills of Uttarakhand. The highest maximum temperature 23.1°C was recorded at Ghansali. lowest minimum temperature -2.3°C was recorded at Matela.
He said that the weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Monday is partly cloudy sky and dry weather in the state.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Monday is partly cloudy sky. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 22 degree Celsius and eight degree Celsius respectively in Dehradun on Monday.
On Sunday, the maximum temperature and minimum temperatures were recorded at 22.7 degree Celsius, two notches above the normal, and 6.6 degree Celsius, one notch below the normal, respectively in Dehradun. In Pantnagar, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 15.8 degree Celsius, seven notches below the normal, and 4.6 degree Celsius, one notch below the normal respectively. In Mukteshwar, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 15.2 degree Celsius, three notches above normal, and 0.8 degree Celsius one notch below the normal.
In Tehri, the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded were 13.6 degree Celsius and 3.0 degree Celsius respectively.