Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places in Uttarakhand during the next 24 hours. With the rain lashing in its fury, the water levels of various rivers are rising alarmingly with the people living in the low- lying areas spending sleepless nights.
At some places, landslides have been reported which have resulted in the blockage of some roads. While heavy to very heavy rainfall battered some places in the state light to moderate rainfall occurred at others over the past 24 hours. By 8.30 am on Tuesday, 160 mm rainfall was reported in Mussoorie, 120 mm each in Haldwani and Jolly Grant, 80 mm each in Bageshwar, Garud and Didihat, 70 mm each in Nainital, Kapkot and Dehradun, 60 mm in Ramnagar, 50 mm each in Munsiyari and Gangolihat, 40 mm each in Pithoragarh, lansdowne, Badkot, Chaukhutia and Dharchula and 30 mm each in Karnprayag, Banbasa, New Tehri and Gairsain. Following rain, the maximum temperatures were appreciably below the normal to normal in the plains and below the normal in the hills of the state. Dehradun experienced 93 per cent humidity on Tuesday while it was 98 per cent in New Tehri, 100 percent in Mukteshwar and 97 per cent in Pantnagar.
The highest maximum temperature 33.1°C was recorded at Uttarkashi on Tuesday. Dehradun witnessed cloudy sky interspersed with rainfall.
Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said on Tuesday that there is a good possibility of land slide/road blockage especially in the vulnerable areas in the hills and inundation of the low- lying areas in the plains as heavy rain is likely to occur across the state over the next 48 hours. People/pilgrims and transporters ferrying the people in the region should be vigilant while coordinating with the administrative authorities of the districts, he said.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Tuesday is generally cloudy sky with the possibility of rain/thunder showers - one or two may be heavy in some areas.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 30°C and 23°C respectively in Dehradun on Wednesday. The maximum temperature was 27.9 degree Celsius- three notches below the normal -in the city on Tuesday while the minimum was 22.3 degree Celsius –one notch below normal in the city on Tuesday.