Dehradun reeled under severe heat and humidity on Saturday. The sky was cloudy, spawning expectation of rain. But it eluded till the evening. Frequent power cuts compounded their suffering further. The Met office has forecast light to moderate rain/thunderstorm at isolated places in Dehradun on Sunday. However, the people would get respite from the sultry heat in the coming days as the Met office has issued heavy rainfall warning in Uttarakhand from June 7 to June 9.
People of various localities faced frequent spells of power-cuts throughout the day, aggravating the people’s suffering. Among the areas worst hit by the power-cuts were Raipur, Premnagar, Shivlok Colony, EC Road, Badripur, Salawala and Ballupur.
In Dehradun, the sky was overcast since the morning on Saturday. It drizzled in the afternoon. However, it failed to cool things even a little.
Met director Bikram Singh said that the weather forecast for Dehradun on Sunday is partly cloudy sky and light rain/thunder cloud development in some areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 36ºC and 24ºC respectively on Sunday. He said his office has issued warning of heavy downpour for three days starting from June 7.
Singh further informed that the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 35.9ºC (normal) and 24.8ºC (three degree above the normal) in Dehradun while it was 24.2ºC (normal) and 15.7ºC (three degree above the normal) in Mukteshwar, 26.8ºC (normal) and 18.8ºC (normal) in Tehri and 35.8ºC (two degree below the normal) and 27.5ºC (four degree above the normal) in Pantnagar on Saturday.
Over the past 24 hours by 8.30 am on Saturday, rainfall was reported in various parts of the state. While 16.3 mm rainfall was reported in Dehradun, it was 3.0 mm in Ranichauri, 3.0 mm in Munsiyari, 1.4 mm in Pithoragarh, 4.2 mm in Mukteshwar and 1.8 mm in Pantnagar, it is learnt.