Though rain remained elusive despite the sky being generally cloudy, the residents of Dehradun received a little relief from the sweltering heat as it rained in the nearby hills. Weathermen said that rain is likely to occur in the plains too in the next few days. However, the mercury in the capital city remained above the normal level on Sunday.
Uttarakhand meteorological centre director Bikram Singh warned that in view of continuous light to moderate rainfall activity over the past ten days over Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Pithoragarh districts, more landslides are likely to occur in the vulnerable areas of the districts. “Char Dham pilgrims and the State government are advised to take necessary precaution,” he said.
He further said that light to moderate rainfall had occurred at a few places in Uttarakhand on Sunday. By 8.30 am on Sunday, 50 mm rainfall was reported in Munsiyari, 40 mm in Dharchula, 30 mm in Garud, 20 mm in Bageshwar and 10 mm each in Didihat and Ukhimath.
The highest maximum temperature 37.7°C was recorded at Jolly Grant while the lowest minimum temperature 12.1°C was recorded at Mukteshwar on Sunday.
Singh said that the weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Monday is light to moderate rain/thunder shower at many places in Uttarakhand. “Besides, the light to moderate rain/thunder shower is likely to occur at a few places especially in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Pithoragarh districts and at isolated places in rest of Uttarakhand from May 22 to May 25,” Singh added. The weather forecast for Dehradun on Monday is partly to generally cloudy sky and rain/thunderstorm in some areas.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 36 ºC and 23ºC respectively in Dehradun on Monday.
The maximum temperature settled at 37.3ºC (two degree above the normal) while the minimum at 22.8ºC (two degree above the normal) in Dehradun. It was 25.6ºC (two degree above the normal) and 12.1ºC (normal) in Mukteshwar and 39.2ºC (two degree above the normal) and 22.6ºC (one degree above the normal) in Pantnagar. In Tehri district, maximum temperature was reported as 27.0 degree Celsius while the minimum was 14.4 degree Celsius on Sunday.