The weathermen have forecast rain again on April 14 that is likely to lash several parts of the State under the influence of western disturbances. Meanwhile, the maximum temperature surged up to 30 degrees Celsius in Dehradun on Monday with the climate remaining dry.
The State Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that the mercury would keep surging up till April 13 and it would dip again following the expected rainfall on April 14. “Fresh western disturbance, albeit feeble, is very likely to affect the climate of the western Himalayan region from April 13 onwards. If things happen this way it would trigger light rain/thunder shower at isolated places, especially in higher reaches of Uttarakhand, on April 14,” he added.
The minimum temperatures were appreciably below normal to below normal in the plains and below normal in the hills of Uttarakhand on Monday. The highest maximum temperature 32.8°C was recorded at Pantnagar while the lowest 5.5 °C was recorded at Mukteshwar. The weather forecast for Tuesday in Dehradun is mainly clear sky. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 31 degree Celsius and 13 degree Celsius respectively in the city on Tuesday.
While the maximum settled at 30.6ºC (normal) and the minimum at 13.1ºC (two degree below the normal) in Dehradun it was 21.8ºC (one degree above the normal) and 5.5ºC (three degree below the normal) in Mukteshwar and 32.8ºC (one degree below normal) and 10.4ºC (four degree below the normal) in Pantnagar on Monday. In Tehri district, maximum temperature was reported as 21.0 degree Celsius while the minimum was 8.4 degree Celsius on Monday.