According to the State Meteorological Centre forecast, isolated places across the State are going to experience very light rain and snowfall on Thursday. The districts marked for rain/snow activity are Uttarkashi, Chamoli and Pithoragarh. It might snow moderately in the higher reaches of the state on the day, the forecast said.
In a yellow alert issued on Wednesday, the regional Met centre said that moderate to dense fog is likely to enshroud some parts of the plains, especially Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts, during the morning hours on January 24 and 25. The sky is to remain mainly clear to partly cloudy in the rest of the state. As per the forecast, dry weather is likely to prevail in most parts of the state on the day.
In its forecast for Dehradun, the Met centre said that the climate on Thursday is going to remain mainly clear to partly cloudy. Mist is likely to occur during the morning hours though. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to settle at around 19 degree Celsius and 5 degree Celsius respectively in Dehradun.
Dehradun woke up to a cloudy morning. However, the sky cleared partly as the day advanced. The maximum temperature recorded in the city on Wednesday was 2 notches below the normal. As per the forecast, the same trend would continue on Thursday too as an impact of which it would be another cold day for the denizens of the city.
The maximum and minimum temperatures recorded at various towns of the state on Wednesday were 18.4 degree Celsius and 8.2 degree Celsius in Dehradun, 20.0 degree Celsius and 11.0 degree Celsius in Pantnagar, 3.0 degree Celsius and 1.3 degree Celsius in Mukteshwar and 4.4 degree Celsius and -0.2 degree Celsius in New Tehri.