The city received pre-monsoon showers on Monday night and Tuesday morning, bringing relief from hot and humid weather to the residents of Dehradun and other parts of Uttarakhand. Rather heavy to heavy rainfall is expected to occur at associated places in the next 48 hours in the state, said Dr Anand Sharma, director of Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre on Tuesday.
The weather suddenly changed on Monday evening and it started raining heavily at midnight and continued for about seven hours bringing down the temperature by few degrees. The residents got respite from the hot and humid conditions which was experienced for the last many days. Some areas of the State capital suffered power cuts due to rains. In the rural areas, roads were blocked by debris and some homes were also damaged by constructions which collapsed due to the rain though no casualty was reported.
Sharma said that with the possibility of rather heavy to heavy rainfalls at isolated places in the higher reaches above 3,000 metres during next 48 hours, pilgrims should keep raincoat and woolens during their Yatra. He attributed the rains to easterlies and westerlies meeting above Uttarakhand.
The maximum and minimum temperatures in Dehradun were recorded at 35.0°C and 21.6°C respectively on Tuesday. The weather forecast for Dehradun on Wednesday is cloudy sky and one or two spells of rain/thunder showers, may be moderate in some areas.
The maximum and minimum temperatures for Dehradun are likely to be around 28°C and 21°C respectively on Wednesday. The weather forecast for Uttarakhand is possibility of moderate rain/thunder showers at many places on Wednesday. Rather heavy to heavy rainfall is possible at isolated places during next 48 hours, he added.
Sharma further said that the temperatures in most parts of Uttarakhand have dipped considerably due to pre-monsoon showers on Monday night and Tuesday morning.
There were moderate rainfalls across the State on Monday night. Dehradun district, which had recorded around 36 degrees Celsius temperature for the last many days, received 58.4 mm of rain. Rainfall recorded in different towns was 19.4 mm in Tehri, 11 mm in Joshimarth, 69 mm in Mussoorie, 82 mm in Banbasa, 43.2 mm in Pithoragarh, 70.1 mm in Haldwani, 80 mm in lansdowne, 31 mm in Uttarkashi, 23 mm in Kashipur, 56.6 mm in Barkot, 40.2 mm in Roorkee, 21.2 mm in Haridwar, 9.2 mm in Mukteshwar, 25 mm in Pantnagar, 27.3 mm in Kirtinagar, 15.8 mm in Rudraprayag, 11.2 mm in Almora, 11.2 mm in Karnprayag, 12 mm in Tharali, 13 mm in Champawat, 26 mm in Kotdwar, 10.7 mm in Devprayag and 12.8 mm in Nainital. lightening struck at many places and no casualty has been reported so far.