The Regional Meteorological Centre in its daily weather forecast said that the sky would remain generally to partly cloudy across Uttarakhand with possibility of light rain in several districts of the State like Dehradun, Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Bageshwar and Pithoragarh on Wednesday.
Besides, it might snow in the higher reaches in some of the districts. As per the forecast, Dehradun would have cloudy sky and there is a likelihood of thundershower or light rain on the day.
Meanwhile, the mercury has been plummeting across the State and the minimum temperature has dipped down to 1 degree Celsius at Mukteshwar in Nainital district of Kumaon region. It is likely to dip further, said the Met officers.
Dehradun saw a generally clear to partly cloudy sky on Tuesday though rain as per the forecast remained elusive till late evening, the time of filing the report. However, the Met department said that light rain or thundershower might lash Dehradun on Wednesday. In Dehradun, while the maximum temperature settled at 22.2 degree Celsius, one notch above the normal, the minimum was 7.6 degree Celsius, normal on Tuesday. The temperature is likely to remain the same on Wednesday, though the maximum might come down substantially if it rains as per the forecast.
The Met officers said that colder days are ahead of Uttarakhand, though now the day and night temperatures are hovering round to the normal mark in many places, including Dehradun.
Elsewhere in the State, in Pantnagar, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 23.9 degree Celsius, normal and 5.6 degree Celsius, two notches below the normal, respectively on Tuesday.
In Mukteshwar, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 9.5 degree Celsius, five notches below the normal, and 1.7 degree Celsius, two notches below the normal. In New Tehri, the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded were 12.8 degree Celsius and 4.2 degree Celsius respectively.