Cloudy sky interspersed with sunshine was what was witnessed in Dehradun during the morning hours on Tuesday, though rain remained elusive. However, the level of humidity continued to stay high at close to 90 per cent in the city on the day while it was 100 per cent in New Tehri, 82 per cent in Mukteshwar and 85 per cent in Pantnagar.
The Met department has forecast light to moderate rainfall for isolated places across the state, including Dehradun, on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, five out 12 roads which were blocked due to landslides have been reopened on Tuesday. However, seven roads in Dehradun have remained blocked with the movement of traffic being adversely affected. Several roads like Fuleth Qyara road, Kalighat Sarona road, Malsi road and lKD Kimari road, Chamasari-Sahastradhara road, Ser ki Sila road, Maldevta road and Raiwala road in Rishikesh have remained blocked for traffic on Tuesday, a Dehradun disaster control room official informed. Around 30 calls related to landslides, land erosion, collapse of safety walls and others were received at the control room from several parts of the district on the day.
Bikram Singh, Meteorological centre director, said that light to moderate rainfall had occurred at many places in Uttarakhand over the past 24 hours by 8.30 am on Tuesday. While 30 mm rainfall each was reported from Tyuni and Badkot it was 6.4 mm in Dehradun, 11.8 mm in New Tehri, 2.2 mm in Mukteshwar and 7.0 mm in Pantnagar. The highest maximum temperature of the state 36.6°C was recorded at Pantnagar.
The maximum temperature was 33.3 degree Celsius- three notches above the normal while the minimum was 24.3 degree Celsius- one notch above the normal- in Dehradun on Tuesday.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Tuesday is generally cloudy sky with the possibility of one or two spell of rain/thunder showers. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 32°C and 24°C respectively in Dehradun on Wednesday.