Very light to light rain/snow has been forecast at isolated places especially in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Pithoragarh districts of Uttarakhand from December 4 for the next three days. Snowfall is likely to occur at places at altitude of 3500 metres and above, said the State Meteorological Centre director Bikram Singh on Sunday.
He attributed this to western disturbances. Moreover, intermittent spells of sunny weather and cloudy sky were witnessed at many places in the state with people feeling the winter chill especially during the morning and evening hours on Sunday. Being the weekend, many people preferred to remain indoors.
The maximum temperature settled at 22.8ºC (normal) while the minimum was at 8.6ºC (one degree above the normal) in Dehradun on Sunday.
It was 12.2ºC (four degree below the normal) and 3.7ºC (one degree below the normal) in Mukteshwar and 24.3ºC (one degree below the normal) and 6.9ºC (normal) in Pantnagar. In Tehri, the maximum temperature was reported as 14.7 degree Celsius while the minimum was 5.5 degree Celsius at New Tehri on Sunday.
Due to light rainfall with snow at isolated places in the state, the maximum temperature is expected to dip by a few degrees Celsius while minimum temperature would remain around the normal in the next few days, Singh said, adding the minimum temperature is expected to dip by a few degrees Celsius after December 8.
He said that on Sunday, the highest maximum temperature 26.3°C was recorded at Jaspur in Udham Singh Nagar district. The lowest minimum temperature 1.6°C was recorded at Munsyari in Pithoragarh district.
The weather forecast for U’khand on Monday is partly to generally cloudy sky with very light to light rain/snow likely to occur at isolated places especially in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Pithoragarh districts of Uttarakhand. Snowfall is likely to occur at places at altitude of 3500 metres and above. The weather forecast for Dehradun on Monday is partly to generally cloudy sky. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 22 degree Celsius and 8 degree Celsius respectively in Dehradun on Monday.
According to the meteorological centre, the humidity stayed high on Sunday, settling at 88 per cent while it was 77 per cent in New Tehri, 71 per cent in Mukteshwar and 95 percent in Pantnagar. Over the past 24 hours by 8.30 am on Sunday, trace rain was reported in Mukteshwar, 0.2 mm in Dehradun and 1.2 mm in New Tehri.