Similar weather to continue till next week
PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/Dehradun
Rain in various parts of the State and snowfall in higher reaches brough the temperatures down across the plains and mountainous regions of the State on Sunday. Similar weather is forecast to continue for the next six days. The State Meteorological Centre has forecast that very light to light rain/ snowfall (at places with the elevation of 3,800 metres and above) /thunderstorms are likely to occur at isolated places in Dehradun, Tehri, Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Bageshwar and Pithoragarh districts today.
Apart from this, dry weather is likely to prevail in the remaining districts of the State. The meteorological centre informed on Sunday that during the past 24 hours, the maximum temperatures had remained below normal to normal in plains and markedly below normal to below normal in the State’s mountainous regions.
Meanwhile, the provisional State capital Dehradun is forecast to witness a mainly clear to partly cloudy sky on Monday. Thundercloud development is likely to occur towards afternoon/evening. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be about 30 degrees Celsius and 20 degrees Celsius respectively in Dehradun today.
The maximum and minimum temperatures recorded on Sunday were 27.8 degrees Celsius and 18.3 degrees Celsius respectively in Dehradun, 31.2 degrees Celsius and 19.4 degrees Celsius in Pantnagar, 19 degrees Celsius and 10.3 degrees Celsius in Mukteshwar and 18.5 degrees Celsius and 10.6 degrees Celsius in New Tehri. Light to moderate rain was witnessed in Dehradun, Laksar, Khanpur, Yamkeshwar, Haridwar, Dhanolti, Lansdowne, Satpuli and Kotdwar. Similarly, light snowfall was reported in the high altitude areas of Chamoli and Pithoragarh districts.
