Even as winds and spell of light rain on Wednesday evening in Dehradun provided some relief from heat, the State Meteorological Centre has forecast the possibility of hail and thunderstorm at isolated places of the state on Thursday. Also, a majority of places in the state are likely to experience rainfall and thunderstorm.
Adding further in this director of the State meteorological centre Bikram Singh said, “The recent rise in temperature may come down to normal after the rainfall which is expected on Thursday and on May 3 and 4. There is the possibility of some good rainfall activity which will be experienced in various places of the state. The temperature is likely to remain normal till May 9 after which it can rise.”
In Dehradun, the sky is likely to remain partly to generally cloudy on Thursday. Rain and thunderstorm are likely to occur in some areas of the city. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 35 degree Celsius and 22 degree Celsius respectively.
Meanwhile the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded at various towns of the state on Wednesday were 37.8 degree Celsius and 23.2 degree Celsius respectively in Dehradun, 39.4 degree Celsius and 22.4 degree Celsius in Pantnagar, 28 degree Celsius and 11.9 degree Celsius in Mukteshwar and 26.2 degree Celsius and 14.6 degree Celsius respectively in New Tehri.