Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre has forecast light to moderate light rain/snow at many places, especially in higher reaches, on Saturday. Snowfall is likely to take place at higher reaches with the altitude of 3500 metres and above.
The maximum temperature is expected to dip by a few notches on Saturday as compared to Friday. Dehradun residents witnessing cloudy sky during the morning hours and some drizzling took place around noon.
Humidity was experienced too. State meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that the weather forecast for Dehradun on Saturday is generally cloudy sky. One or two spells of light rain/thunder showers are likely at many places in the district on Saturday. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 25ºC and 16ºC, respectively, in Dehradun on Saturday, he added.
Singh attributed the spell to western disturbances. He informed that the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 27.5ºC and 16.1ºC in Dehradun while it was 18.7ºC and 11.7ºC in Tehri, 21.6ºC and 8.3ºC in Mukteshwar and 30.8ºC and 11.7 ºC in Pantnagar on Friday.