In an advisory issued on Friday, the State Meteorological Centre has stated that the temperature in the state may rise by four to six degree Celsius above normal by Saturday. The temperature may remain the same for the next five to six days.
Further, the meteorological centre has forecast the possibility of very light to light rain and thunderstorm at isolated places of the state on Saturday. The overall weather of the state is likely to remain mainly clear to partly cloudy.
Dehradun may experience thunder cloud development and light rain in some areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures in Dehradun on Saturday are likely to be 35 degree Celsius and 18 degree Celsius respectively.
The maximum and minimum temperature recorded at various places in the state on Friday were 33.9 degree Celsius and 18.4 degree Celsius in Dehradun, 34.6 degree Celsius and 18.5 degree Celsius in Pantnagar, 22.8 degree Celsius and 10.7 degree Celsius in Mukteshwar, and 23 degree Celsius and 12.9 degree Celsius at New Tehri respectively.