light to moderate rainfall was reported from Kumaon region over the past 24 hours while the Met officials said that light rain/thunderstorm might lash isolated places across Uttarakhand on Friday. The weather forecast for Dehradun on Friday is mainly clear becoming partly cloudy sky towards afternoon/evening with possibility of thunder cloud development in some areas. Meanwhile, very light to moderate rainfall occurred at few places in Uttarakhand on Thursday while hail occurred at isolated places in Pithoragarh district. As per the report sent by the Met department, by 8.30 am on Thursday, 50 mm rainfall was reported in Dwarahat, 20 mm in Srinagar and 10 mm each from Champawat and Pithoragarh.
A Met official said that light to moderate rain/thunderstorm accompanied with hail/squall has been forecast for some places in the state for three days from April 7.
Meanwhile, following the rainfall in the higher reaches, the maximum temperature has remained static in the state capital on Thursday. While the maximum temperature settled at 33.4 degree Celsius the minimum hovered at 18.4 degree Celsius in the city on the day. The highest maximum temperature of the state 38.1°C was recorded at Jaspur while lowest minimum temperature 9.1°C was recorded at Munsiyari.
Uttarakhand meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said on Thursday that the effect of western disturbances would continue for the next five days.
As per the chart sent by the weather department, in Pantnagar, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 33.4 degree Celsius and 18.8 degree Celsius, respectively. In Mukteshwar, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 24.4 degree Celsius and 9.8 degree Celsius. In New Tehri, the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded were 23.4 degree Celsius and 12.4 degree Celsius respectively.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 34 degree Celsius and 19 degree Celsius respectively in Dehradun on Friday, Singh added.