Uttarakhand is likely to have light rain in the plains and snow in the mountainous regions on the Republic Day. It might snow in several districts like Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Pithoragarh, according to the Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre on Tuesday and Wednesday.
However, dry weather has been forecast for the rest of Uttarakhand. Shallow fog/mist is likely to occur in some parts of the plains on Tuesday.
For the state capital Dehradun, the centre forecast generally cloudy sky on the Republic Day. The minimum temperature in many places of the higher reaches of mountainous parts was recorded a few notches less than zero degree on Monday.
In Mukteshwar, minimum temperature was recorded minus 0.7 degree Celsius on Monday. Dehradun residents have been facing cold during morning and evening hours for the past few days. Things have been a bit warm during the day time as the sun has been out.
The Met director Bikram Singh said that the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 21.2ºC and 4.3ºC in Dehradun while it was 13.2ºC and 2.0ºC in Tehri, 12.6ºC and minus 0.7ºC in Mukteshwar and 20.8ºC and 1.5ºC in Pantnagar on Monday.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Tuesday is cloudy sky occasionally turning clear. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 20ºC and 05 ºC respectively in Dehradun on Tuesday.
While things would be dry in Uttarakhand on January 28, very light to light rain/snow has been forecast at a few places in Uttarakhand on January 29.