Saturday, 27 APRIL 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
The maximum temperature in Dehradun climbed four degrees above normal to 38 degrees Celsius causing the people to seek various measures for relief from the heat on Friday. Though light rain is forecast in some parts of the State on Saturday, Dehradun and other parts of the State, especially in the plains, are likely to experience high temperatures today.
The State meteorological centre has forecast that very light to light rain/thunderstorms are likely to occur at a few places in the mountains and at isolated places in the plains of theState today. The meteorological centre has also issued a yellow warning (Watch) regarding the possibility of thunderstorms accompanied with lightning/hail/gusty wind (30-40 kmph) likely to occur at isolated places in districts of the Garhwal region. Thunderstorms accompanied with lightning/gusty wind (30-40 kmph) are likely to occur also at isolated places in districts of Kumaun region today.
The provisional State capital Dehradun is forecast to witness a partly to generally cloudy sky. Light rain/thunderstorms accompanied with lightning/hail/gusty wind (30-40 kmph) are likely to occur towards afternoon/evening. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be about 36 degrees Celsius and 21 degrees Celsius respectively in Dehradun today.
The maximum and minimum temperatures recorded in various parts of the State on Friday were 38 degrees Celsius and 19.1 degrees Celsius respectively in Dehradun, 38.9 degrees Celsius and 14.4 degrees Celsius in Pantnagar, 27.2 degrees Celsius and 12 degrees Celsius in Mukteshwar and 27.6 degrees Celsius and 13.3 degrees Celsius in New Tehri. Very light rainfall was recorded in some parts with two millimetres in Ghanghariya and one millimetre in Badrinath.
