Rainfall activity remaining sluggish for the past few days, triggering a rise in mercury and humidity, monsoon is likely to get active again from Tuesday. As per the Uttarakhand Meteorological centre, heavy rain is likely to lash several places across the State, especially those in Dehradun, Uttarkashi, Chamoli and Nainital districts, during the next 24 hours. A rainy spell for around 10 days from July 28 onwards is awaiting the state, said the Met director Bikram Singh on Monday.
Singh further said that the monsoon was normal in Uttarakhand during the past 24 hours. It would intensify from July 25 and the spell would continue for some time, he informed.
Though Dehradun recorded heavy rain during the noon the climate remained hot and humid on Monday. Till the evening, 49 mm rainfall was reported in Dehradun district.
Five roads in the mountainous parts of the Dehradun have remained blocked on Monday with theDehradun district disaster control room having received 10 rain-related complaints from various parts of the district over the past 24 hours.
Humidity continues to stay high at 95 per cent in Dehradun on Monday while it was 88 per cent in New Tehri, 96 per cent in Mukteshwar and 74 per cent in Pantnagar.
The maximum temperature was 33.2 degree Celsius- two notches above the normal- while the minimum was 24.4 degree Celsius- one notch above the normal- in Dehradun on Monday.
The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Tuesday is generally cloudy sky with the possibility of light to moderate rain/thunder showers at many places across the state. The weather forecast for Dehradun on Tuesday is
generally cloudy sky and one or two spells of rain/thunder showers at many places.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 33 degree Celsius and 24 degree Celsius respectively in Dehradun.