Consistent rainfall throughout most part of Wednesday in Dehradun sharpened the cold in the provisional state capital.  While various mountainous regions also experienced rain and snowfall, the weather in the State on Thursday is forecast to be partly to generally cloudy.

According to the state meteorological centre, very light to light rainfall/snowfall is likely to occur at isolated places in the mountains especially in Kumaon region while dry weather likely to prevail in rest of the state. Snowfall is likely to occur at places located at 2000 metres altitude and above. Further, hail is likely to occur at isolated places especially in Dehradun, Haridwar, Udham Singh Nagar, Pauri and Nanital districts on Thursday.

Dense to very dense fog is likely to occur in plains during morning hours especially in Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts on Uttarakhand on January 10 and 11.  Cold day conditions are likely to occur at a few places especially in the mountains on Thursday. However, people in Dehradun may experience some relief from the rain as the sky here is forecast to be mainly clear to partly cloudy on Thursday with the maximum and minimum temperatures likely to be around 15 degrees Celsius and six degrees Celsius respectively.

On Wednesday, the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded in various places were 10.8 degrees Celsius and 10 degrees Celsius respectively in Dehradun, 15.8 degrees Celsius and 11 degrees Celsius in Pantnagar, 1.8 degrees Celsius and -0.8 degrees Celsius in Mukteshwar and 2.8 degrees Celsius and two degrees Celsius respectively in New Tehri.