Strong winds swept across several parts of the State on Tuesday evening. However, no casualty or damage has been reported from anywhere so far. The velocity of the storm varied from place to place, said Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre director Anand Sharma, adding that such storms might occur for the next few days across the State.
Meanwhile, Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre has forecast light to moderate rain/thunder shower/snow at a few places in Uttarakhand on Wednesday. Thunder squall could occur at isolated places, especially in the plains. Snowfall (5 to 15 cm in depth) may occur at places with height around 4,000 m and above.
The Met official said that the light rain/snow at isolated places in the mountainous parts of the State would continue till May 3. Various parts of the State have received light rainfall over the last three days. By 8.30 am on Tuesday, 4 mm rainfall was recorded in Haridwar while 0.5 mm in Nainital, 21 mm in Uttarkashi, 1.4 mm in Pantnagar, trance in Dehradun and 0.5 mm in Mukteshwar.
Meanwhile, Dehradun witnessed change in weather after evening descended. Rains started and continued with the sky remaining overcast. In Dehradun, maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 31.4°C and 20.6°C respectively on Tuesday. The weather forecast for Dehradun on Wednesday is generally cloudy sky. Thunder cloud development/light rain may occur in some areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 32°C Celsius and 20°C Celsius respectively on Wednesday, it is learnt.