Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to lash isolated places, especially in Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, during the next 24 hours. The weathermen say that the southwest monsoon having further advanced in the remaining parts of the state, widespread and torrential rain is likely to batter the rest of the State in the coming days.
However, rain remaining elusive in Dehradun two days after the monsoon officially had arrived in the State, the people of the city had to grapple with another hot and humid day on Monday. Though the sky was overcast for the most part of the day the people sweated with the humidity level touching 89 per cent. It was 95 per cent in New Tehri, 96 percent in Mukteshwar and 76 per cent in Pantnagar.
Bikram Singh, the director of Meteorological centre, said that the weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Tuesday is light to moderate rain/thunder showers at many places. Dehradun would have a generally cloudy sky on Tuesday with possibility of one or two spells of rain/thunder showers at isolated places.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 33°C and 23°C respectively in Dehradun on Tuesday, he added.
The maximum temperature was 33.1 degree Celsius- one notch above the normal -in the city on Monday while the minimum was 23.4 degree Celsius –normal. The highest maximum temperature of the state 34.0°C- one notch above the normal- was recorded at Pantnagar.
He said that 140 mm rainfall was reported from Haldwani while it was 70 mm each in Nainital, Rudraprayag and Uttarkashi, 50 mm in Kapkot, 40 mm each in Jakholi and Ukhimath, 30 mm each in Champawat, Dehradun, Jolly Grant and Bhatwari, 11.2 mm in Mukteshwar and 8.9 mm in Pantnagar over the past 24 hours.