The people of Dehradun might wake up to a drizzle-drenched New year on Sunday with the Meteorological Centre having forecast light rain in the plains of the State while snow at places having altitude of 3000 metres and above. Thunder cloud development is also likely here towards the evening. However, the mercury in the capital is unlikely to dip much, as it is expected to hover in the neighbourhod of 21 degree Celsius and 07 degree Celsius.
The weathermen further said that Kumaon region is most likely to get widespread rain and snow on the first day of the coming year. It would drag on for Monday too in the region, they said, adding that the inclement spell would end on Tuesday, resulting in a dry spell for the next few days.
Met director Bikram Singh said that the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 22.5ºC (three degree above the normal) and 7.6ºC (two degree above the normal) in Dehradun respectively on Saturday. It was 12.0ºC (normal) and 4.1ºC (two degree above the normal) in Mukteshwar, 14.4ºC and 4.8ºC in Tehri and 23.9ºC (four degree above the normal) and 5.5ºC (normal) in Pantnagar the same day.
Singh said that minimum temperatures had remained normal to below normal in the plains while they were nearly normal in the hills of the state. lowest minimum temperature 1.0°C was recorded in Nainital. Several places in Haridwar, Pauri, Udham Singh Nagar Nagar and Nainital districts saw dense fog on Saturday, he added.