Rain was experienced for the second day in various parts of the State on Friday. The provisional State capital Dehradun also experienced spells of rain throughout most of the day also leading to problems like water logging in some parts of the town.
Meanwhile, the Uttarakhand meteorological centre based in Deharadun has issued a warning regarding the possibility of very heavy rainfall likely to occur at few places in various districts of the State on Saturday. The meteorological centre has also forecast a generally cloudy sky with the probability of light to moderate rain/thunderstorm very likely to occur at most places in Uttarakhand on the weekend. The centre has issued a warning related to heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely to occur at a few places in Dehradun, Haridwar, Pauri, Udham Singh Nagar and Nainital districts and at isolated places in rest of the districts of Uttarakhand during next 24 hours from Friday. The meteorological centre has also issued an advisory stating that in view of ongoing and likely continuance of widespread rainfall activity with heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places; there is a good possibility of landslides in the mountainous areas and inundation of low lying areas in plains of Uttarakhand.
Administrative authorities have been advised to alert the people residing in vulnerable areas of the mountainous regions and low lying areas of plains during the warning period. Commuters are also advised to be careful and restrict their movements as far as possible.
For Dehradun, the meteorological centre has forecast a generally cloudy to overcast sky. Few spells of rain/thunder showers are likely to occur with one or two spells which may be heavy in some areas also being likely on Saturday. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 28ºC and 22ºC respectively in the provisional state capital on the weekend. Meanwhile, on Friday, the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded by the meteorological centre in different parts of the state were reported to be 25.1 ºC and 21.7 ºC in Dehradun, 27.6 ºC and 24.5 ºC in Pantnagar, 16 ºC and 14.5 ºC in Mukteshwar and 18 ºC and 15 ºC in New Tehri respectively.