Even as various parts of Uttarakhand, especially the mountainous regions experienced considerable rain on Saturday night and Sunday, the state meteorological department has issued a warning of the possibility of heavy to very heavy rainfall in some parts on Monday. The State meteorological centre has forecast the likelihood of heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places especially in Nainital, Champawat, Udham Singh Nagar, Pithoragarh, Chamoli, Tehri, Pauri, Dehradun and Haridwar districts on Monday. Across the state, the weather on Monday is forecast to be generally cloudy with light to moderate rainfall/thundershowers very likely to occur at most places in Uttarakhand. In the provisionsl state capital Dehradun, the weather is forecast to be generally cloudy with few spells of rain/thundershowers likely to occur. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 30ºC and 22ºC respectively on Monday. Meanwhile, on Sunday, due to heavy rainfall in the mountainous regions of Kumaon, the water of the Gaula river was released in to various canals. As even the canals overflowed, a considerable number of fishes were washed onto the land. While many people simply took the fishes home to consume, some good citizens like employees of a hotel in civil ines, released one big catfish they came across washed on the land back into the canal.
On Monday, the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded in various parts of the state were 29.5 degree Celsius and 23 degree Celsius respectively in Dehradun, 31 degree Celsius and 24.6 degree Celsius in Pantnagar, 18. 5 degree Celsius and 14.4 degree Celsius in Mukteshwar and 23.2 degree Celsius and 17.6 degree Celsius respectively in New Tehri.