Rain with snowfall in higher reaches and rainfall in the plains of Uttarakhand brought the temperature down by few degrees Celsius from normal on Friday.
Mukteshwar recorded maximum and minimum temperatures of 1.5°C and -1°C degree Celsius respectively with one inch snowfall. Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre has forecast partly cloudy to generally cloudy sky and light rain/snow at isolated places in Uttarakhand between March 1 and 5. The weather is expected to improve by March 6, said Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre director Anand Sharma on Friday.
He attributed this to western disturbances and induced cyclonic circulation over Haryana and neighbouring districts of Uttar Pradesh.
Most parts in the State saw mild spells of rain while rain with snowfall was recorded in higher reaches, bringing the maximum temperature down by few degrees from normal.
The Met office recorded 29 mm rainfall in Dehradun, 13.2 mm in Mukteshwar and 3.1 mm in Pantnagar by 5.30 pm on Friday while rainfall recorded at 8.30 am on Friday was 10 mm in Almora, 24.6 mm in Ranikhet, 20.4 mm in Bageshwar, 15 mm in Chamoli, 17 mm in Joshimath, 11 mm in Karnprayag, 18 mm in Banbasa, 17 mm in Champawat, 21 mm in Mussoorie, 13.6 mm in Kotdwar, 7 mm in lansdowne, 12 mm in Pauri, 19 mm each in Devprayag, Tehri, Kirtinagar, 28 mm in Srinagar, 16 mm in Haridwar, 9 mm in Roorkee and 17.02 mm in Pithoragarh.
Sharma said that areas in higher altitudes like Tapovan, Malari, Joshimath, Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, Kailash. Mansarovar route, Auli and other places might have received light to moderate rain with snowfall on Friday and it would continue in coming days.
The maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 23.5°C and 10.4 °C respectively in Dehradun on Friday. The weather forecast for Dehradun on Saturday is generally cloudy sky and thunder cloud development/ thunder shower in some areas withmaximum and minimum temperatures likely to be around 22°C and 10°C respectively.
The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Saturday is rain/snow at a few places accompanied with hail/squall at isolated places in the state. The Met office has forecast light to moderate rain/snow at a few places on March 2 and mainly clear to partly cloudy sky with mainly dry weather over the state on March 3.
Partly cloudy to generally cloudy sky and very light to light rain/snow at isolated places in higher reaches has been forecast between March 4 and March 5 with mainly clear to partly cloudy sky and mainly dry weather over the State on March 6.