The Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre has forecast a rise in the maximum temperature by two or three notches in the next three days in the plain districts of the state. People in Dehradun experienced a hot day on Monday with the mercury hovering around 35 degree Celsius, five notches above the temperature recorded on Sunday. Rains are likely to lash the state again for two days from June 15.
The weather forecast for Tuesday in Uttarakhand is mainly clear to partly cloudy sky with the possibility of light to light rain/thunder showers at isolated places especially in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Pithoragarh districts. Moreover, moderate rain/thunder showers are likely to lash all the five shrines -Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath, Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib- from June 16 to June 18, the centre warned.
According to the Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh, the maximum temperature settled at 35.0ºC (normal) while the minimum at 20.4ºC (two degree below the normal) in Dehradun. It was 22.6ºC (one degree below the normal) and 13.3ºC (normal) in Mukteshwar and 38.8ºC (two degree above the normal) and 21.2ºC (two degree above the normal) in Pantnagar. In Tehri district, maximum temperature was reported as 25.7 degree Celsius while the minimum was 13.6 degree Celsius on Monday.