Uttarakhand received pre-monsoon showers on Friday night that dragged on to Saturday morning, though the weather officials based in Dehradun still choose to keep their fingers crossed as to the tentative time monsoon is likely to arrive in the State. However, they hinted monsoon would arrive soon, given the fact that it has already hit Bihar and Gujarat from eastern and western sides respectively.
However, the heavy showers accompanied with thunder on Friday night brought relief to the residents who had been suffering from a prolonged spell of hot and humid weather conditions. State received moderate to rather heavy rainfall at isolated places. The Meteorological centre has forecast light to moderate rain/thunderstorm at many places and rather heavy rainfall at isolated places especially in Kumaon region of Uttarakhand. They warned that heavy rainfall might lash many areas of Kumaon region during the next 48 hours starting from Sunday morning.
Things suddenly changed on Friday evening as black clouds started hovering over the sky. It started raining at midnight and the spell continued till the morning of Saturday, causing the mercury dip by around 6 notches. Dr Anand Sharma, Director of Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre, on Saturday said that the maximum and minimum temperatures in Dehradun were recorded at 30.4°C and 20.7°C respectively on Saturday.
Significantly, the maximum temperature in the city was recorded at 36 degree Celsius on Friday. The weather forecast for Dehradun on Sunday is cloudy sky with the possibility of one or two spells of rain/thunder showers in some areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures for Dehradun are likely to be around 30°C and 21°C respectively on Sunday. Sharma further said that the temperatures in most parts of Uttarakhand have dipped considerably due to pre-monsoon showers on Friday night and Saturday morning.
Dehradun district received 21 mm of rain. Rainfall recorded in different places was 2 mm in Almora, 50 mm in Bageshwar, 29 mm in Chamoli, 22 mm in Champawat, 22 mm in Pithoragarh, 45 mm in Udham Singh Nagar, 46 mm in Mussoorie, 9 mm in Pauri, 11 mm in Tehri, 43 mm in Haridwar, 6 mm in Nainital, 16 mm in Rudraprayag, 29 mm in Uttarkashi and 28 mm in Purola.