Friday, 28 JUNE 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
Heavy to very heavy rain is likely in various parts of the State today. The State meteorological centre has issued an alert regarding the possibility of heavy to very heavy rain/ thunderstorms accompanied with lightning/gusty winds (30- 40 kmph)/intense spells of rain likely to occur at isolated places in Pithoragarh, Bageshwar, Champawat, Rudraprayag, Tehri, Dehradun and Nainital district. The meteorological centre has also issued a yellow warning (Watch) regarding the possibility of heavy rain/thunderstorms accompanied with lightning/gusty winds (30-40 kmph)/intense spells of rain likely to occur at isolated places in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Pauri, Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts. Thunderstorms accompanied with lightning/gusty winds (30-40 kmph) are likely to occur in Almora district. Apart from this, light to moderate rain/thunderstorms are likely to occur at most places in all the districts of the State on Friday.
The provisional State capital Dehradun is forecast to witness a partly to generally cloudy sky. Few spells of light to moderate rain/thunderstorms with maybe one or two spells of heavy rain are likely to occur in some areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be about 33 degrees Celsius and 25 degrees Celsius respectively in Dehradun today.
The maximum and minimum temperatures recorded in various parts of the State on Thursday were 34.2 degrees Celsius and 25.6 degrees Celsius respectively in Dehradun, 31.8 degrees Celsius and 25.8 degrees Celsius in Pantnagar, 19.7 degrees Celsius and 15 degrees Celsius in Mukteshwar and 25.2 degrees Celsius and 18.2 degrees Celsius in New Tehri. Light to moderate rain was reported in various places with 23.5 millimetres in Nainital, 22.2 millimetres in Mussoorie, 11 millimetres in Devidhura, 8.5 millimetres in Champawat, 3.5 millimetres in Pithoragarh and 3.2 millimetres in Dehradun.
