Spells of rain and hail were experienced in the provisional state capital Dehradun and other parts of the state on Friday. According to the state meteorological centre, similar conditions are likely to be experienced in various parts of the state on Saturday as well.
People in Dehradun woke up on Friday to rain and hail. Similar weather was experienced in Nainital and some other parts of the state too. According to the forecast issued by the state meteorological centre on Friday evening, the state is likely to experience partly to generally cloudy sky with light to moderate rain/thunderstorm/snowfall likely to occur at a many places in the state on Saturday. Snowfall is likely to occur at places situated at altitude of 2,500 metres and above. The meteorological centre has also issued a warning about the possibility of hail/lightening at isolated places in Dehradun, Haridwar, Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar districts of the state.
Dehradun is forecast to experience partly to generally cloudy sky with rain/thunderstorm accompanied with hail/lightening likely to occur. The maximum and minimum temperatures in the provisional state capital are likely to be around 21 degree Celsius and and 11 degrees Celsius respectively on Saturday. Meanwhile, the maximum and minimum temperatures reported in various places of the state were 18.5 degrees Celsius and 13.4 degrees Celsius respectively in Dehradun, 25.6 degrees Celsius and 16.8 degree Celsius in Pantnagar, 9.5 degrees Celsius and 4.3 degrees Celsius in Mukteshwar and eight degrees Celsius and six degrees Celsius respectively in New Tehri.