The Meteorological centre has forecast heavy rain in Nainital, Udham Singh Nagar, Champawat, Almora, Pauri, Dehradun and Uttarkashi districts of Uttarakhand during 72 hours starting from June 30. Moreover, the Met office has forecast light to moderate rainfall at many places on Wednesday.
light to moderate rainfall was reported at many places in the state capital and other parts of the state over the past 24 hours. It brought the residents relief from hot and humid conditions on Tuesday.
The Met office has forecast light to moderate rainfall/thunderstorm at many places in the state till July 2 from Wednesday. The maximum temperature in Dehradun was reported one notch above as compared to the normal. The maximum temperature was reported to have dipped by a few notches as compared to the normal in other places of the State.
State Meteorological Centre director Bikram Singh on Tuesday said that areas coming under the plains would receive rainfall in the coming few days. Singh further said that the weather forecast for Wednesday in Dehradun is party to generally cloudy sky and rain/thundershowers at some areas.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be hovering around 32ºC and 23ºC respectively in Dehradun on Wednesday. The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Wednesday is light to moderate rain/thunderstorm at many places in the state.
Singh further informed that the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 32.8ºC Celsius and 24.9º Celsius in Dehradun while it was 25.0ºC and 15.3ºC in Mukteshwar, 25.7ºC and 18.2ºC in Tehri, 33.3ºC and 27.0ºC in Pantnagar on Tuesday.
Over the past 24 hours by 8.30 am on Tuesday , rainfall was reported at few places in the state. While 63.0 mm rainfall was reported in Munsiyari it was 34 mm in Gairsain, 12 mm in Mussoorie, 15.1 mm in Uttarkashi, 1 mm in Ghansali, 4.2 mm in Joshimath, 24.4 mm in Matela and trace in Nainital, it is learnt.