‘Double attack’ of weather in Uttarakhand: Danger of ‘zero visibility’ in the plains, alert of rain and snowfall in the mountains and cold wave.

Dehradun: The weather patterns are changing rapidly in Uttarakhand, due to which bone-chilling cold is being felt from the mountains to the plains. Due to dry weather in the state, dense fog is wreaking havoc in the plains, which is directly impacting air and rail services. The Meteorological Department has issued a warning for the next few days and appealed to the people to be cautious.

Yellow alert of dense fog in these 6 districts today

According to the Meteorological Center, today (Friday) there is a possibility of dense fog in the plains of 6 districts of the state, for which a yellow alert has been issued.

• Affected districts: Haridwar, Nainital, Champawat, Udham Singh Nagar, Pauri and plains of Dehradun.

Due to fog in these areas, visibility can be extremely low in the morning and night, hence it is advised to take special care while driving. The capital Dehradun and surrounding areas will also be partly cloudy today and dense fog may be seen at some places.

Weather will change in the mountains, chances of rain and snowfall

While fog remains a problem in the plains, the weather will change in the mountains from December 20.

• Rainfall Forecast: There is a possibility of light rain in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Pithoragarh as well as some parts of Kumaon region.
• Chance of snowfall: Snowfall may occur in areas at altitudes of 3500 meters or more. Light drizzle and snowfall may continue in the hilly areas on December 22 also.

Attention Cold wave warning also

The Meteorological Department has also expressed the possibility of cold wave in Uttarakhand on December 20. The weather pattern will remain changed in the state for the next 2 to 3 days. Especially in the hilly areas, the cold may increase further due to rain and snowfall on 20th and 21st December.

Where was the temperature? Haldwani broke the cold

On Friday, a huge drop in temperature was recorded in many areas of the state. The interesting thing was that the plain area Haldwani was colder than the hill tourist destination Mukteshwar.

On Friday, Haldwani recorded a huge drop of 5.7 degrees Celsius in the day temperature and it came down to 14.3 degrees, while at the same time in Mukteshwar the mercury was 21.0 degrees Celsius.