Moderate rainfall was reported from various places in the State Capital on Friday while giving some relief to the people suffering from sultry heat for the past few days as the rain had remained elusive. The Met department said that the city recorded 52 mm rainfall since 8.30 am to 5.30 pm on Friday.
It further said that very heavy rain is likely to lash Dehradun and its surrounding districts for two days from August 25. Besides, heavy rainfall is likely to occur at isolated places, especially in Pithoragarh, Bageshwar, Nainital, Tehri Garhwal, Pauri and Dehradun districts during the next 24 hours.
Bikram Singh, director Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre, said that the weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Saturday is generally cloudy sky with the likelihood of light to moderate rain/thunderstorm at many places across the state.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Saturday is generally cloudy sky with the possibility of a few spells of rain/thunder showers at some areas.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 31 degrees Celsius and 25 degrees Celsius respectively in Dehradun on Saturday.
Monsoon being weak in Uttarakhand during the past 24 hours, very light to moderate rainfall occurred at a few places in Uttarakhand. By 8.30 am, 30 mm rainfall was recorded each from Bageshwar and Munsiyari, 10 mm from Dehradun, 3.4 mm from Mukteshwar and 4.2 mm from Pantnagar.
The highest maximum temperature of the State 35.3 degrees Celsius was recorded at Jaspur. The maximum temperature was 32.2 degrees Celsius — two notches above the normal — in Dehradun while the minimum was 24.8 degree Celsius- two notches above the normal — in the city on Friday, Singh added.
The humidity level is staying high, making the people to suffer from the sultry climate. Singh said that while Dehradun experienced 95 per cent humidity it was 96 per cent in New Tehri, 82 per cent in Mukteshwar and 89 per cent in Pantnagar on Friday.