light to moderate rainfall reported from the mountainous regions of Uttarakhand on Tuesday brought relief to the operations underway to put out the fires raging across the forests in the State for several days now. The rain has also brought down the temperature in the plains.
Moreover, the Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre has forecast light to moderate rain and thunderstorm at many places in the State for the next three days.
Dehradun had clouds hovering over since the morning although it rained only in the evening.
Met director Bikram Singh said that rain was reported from Munsiyari, Uttarkashi and parts of Chamoli on Tuesday. light to moderate rainfall was expected in the plains and the higher reaches from Tuesday evening or late Tuesday night.
Following the rainfall in the higher reaches, the maximum temperatures in the State Capital came down by around two notches as compared to Monday. The temperature is expected to dip further and may go below normal in the next five or six days, Singh forecast.
The Met office forecast thunder squall with the speed reaching 60-70 kmph at some places, especially in the plains, in the next 72 hours starting from Tuesday evening.
The weather forecast for Wednesday for Dehradun is partly to generally cloudy sky with possibility of light rain/thunderstorm lashing out at the district. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 35 deg C and 23 deg C, respectively, in Dehradun on Wednesday.
The weather forecast for May 5 and May 6 is light to moderate rain/thunderstorm at many places in Uttarakhand. Snowfall is also likely to occur at places with height of 4,000 metres and above on Thursday
and Friday. The Met office has forecast very light to light rain/thunderstorm at isolated places especially in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Pithoragarh districts of Uttarakhand on May 7.
Singh further informed that the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 36.0 deg C (two degree above normal) and 23.1 deg C (four degree above normal) in Dehradun while
it was 25.9 deg C (four degree above normal) and 17.8 de C (four degree above normal) in Tehri, 27.5 deg C (four degree above normal) and 15.0 deg C (four degree above normal) in Mukteshwar and 36.2 deg C and 26.9 deg C (eight degree above normal) in Pantnagar on Tuesday.