Widespread rain and snowfall reported from the higher reaches of the mountainous parts of the State during the past 24 hours. In the plain districts, the sky was cloudy for most part of the day on Friday. More rains and snow are in store as a fresh feeble western disturbance is likely to affect the western Himalayan region from March 19.
With the sky remaining mostly overcast, the mercury in Dehradun dipped by a few degrees on Friday. While the maximum temperature settled at 28.6 degrees Celsius the minimum hovered at 11.3 degrees Celsius in the city on the day.
The highest maximum temperature of the State 34.9°C was recorded at Jaspur in Udham Singh Nagar district while the lowest minimum temperature 3.0°C was recorded at Mukteshwar in Nainital district.
While hail was reported at isolated places in Tehri district it snowed in Kedarnath and other high-altitude region over the past 24 hours.
While 20 mm rainfall was reported each from Pithoragarh, Dharchula and Champawat 10 mm rain was reported each from Didihat, Barkot, Mori, Bageshwar, Joshimath, Someshwar and Mukteshwar.
Uttarakhand meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that the climate would again change from March 19 thanks to the advent of a fresh though feeble western disturbance which is now approaching the western Himalayan region.
“It will trigger the wet spell in the higher reaches of Chamoli, Pithoragarh, Rudraprayag and some other districts for a couple of days from March 20,” he said.
The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Saturday is mainly clear to partly cloudy sky. The weather forecast for Dehradun on Saturday is mainly clear sky.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 30 degree Celsius and 12 degree Celsius respectively in Dehradun on Saturday.
As per the chart sent by the weather department, in Pantnagar, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 29.8 degree Celsius and 10.5 degree Celsius, respectively.
In Mukteshwar, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 18.5 degree Celsius and 3.0 degree Celsius. In New Tehri, the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded were 18.2 degree Celsius and 5.2 degree Celsius respectively.