The weather department has warned that thunder squall/hail is likely to occur at isolated places in Uttrakhand during 36 hours starting from Thursday evening. Rain and snow are likely too on Friday.
Informing this, Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre said rain/snow might lash at a few places in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Pithoragarh districts and at isolated places in rest of Uttarakhand. Snowfall is likely to occur at places with height around 3500 m and above. Dehradun residents woke up to a cloudy sky in the morning. Drizzle occurred in the evening. Temperatures are likely to dip by a few notches due to rainfall/snowfall in higher reaches.
State meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that a warning has been issued as thunder squall/hail is likely to occur at isolated places during 36 hours starting fromThursday evening.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Friday is partly to generally cloudy sky. light rain/thunder showers are likely at many places in the district on Friday. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 24ºC and 14ºC, respectively in Dehradun on Friday, he added.
Singh said western disturbances might trigger the rainy/snowy spell. He informed that the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 27.0ºC and 11.8ºC in Dehradun while it was 18.3ºC and 9.3ºC in Tehri, 18.2ºC and 7.8ºC in Mukteshwar and 28.8ºC and 10.2ºC in Pantnagar on Thursday.
He said that the weather forecast forSaturday and Sunday is generally cloudy sky. Very light to light rain/snow is likely to occur at isolated places in Uttarakhand. However, mainly clear to partly cloudy sky would prevail in Uttarakhand on March 21, he added.