Jamshedpur: Unseasonal rain caused by a western disturbance passing through northern parts of the country coupled with a cyclonic circulation resulted in widespread and heavy rainfall in Jharkhand since Tuesday evening.
Met statistics revealed that light to moderate rain occurred at most places while several places experienced heavy showers.
Chas in Bokaro witnessed the highest rainfall of 76.3 mm recorded between 5.30 pm of Tuesday and 8.30 am of Wednesday.
Koner in Hazaribagh district too experienced heavy rainfall of 56 mm while Ramgarh experienced around 50 mm of rain.
Several places in Dhanbad including Putki recorded over 35 mm of rain while Simdega and Jamshedpur recorded around 30 mm of rain.
Hazaribagh and Daltonganj recorded 28 mm of rain while Chaibasa, Chakradharpur ( West Singhbhum ), Chandil ( Seraikela- Kharsawan) and Ghatshila ( East Singhbhum ) recorded around 25 mm of rain.
Capital Ranchi recorded around 20 mm of rain. Met data revealed that over 15 IMD observatories across the state recorded rainfall between 10 and 15 mm.
Deoghar and several other places in Santhal Pargana region recorded around 5 mm of rain.
” The rain was caused by a western disturbance passing through higher latitudes coupled with an associated cyclonic circulation over central parts of Uttar Pradesh which today lay over east Uttar Pradesh and adjoining Bihar extending upto 2.1 Km above mean sea level, ” said Abhishek Anand, head of Ranchi Meteorological Centre.
The Ranchi Met Centre this afternoon issued a forecast of generally cloudy sky with light rain at several places during the next 24 hours.
Light rain was also predicted in several isolated pockets of north- east Jharkhand on Thursday, December 30.
The Met office forecast suggests that weather condition would improve after the next 24 hours and that dry weather would prevail in the state from Friday, December 31.
The weather office also issued an alert of dense fog for the next 48 – hours.
The cloud cover and unseasonal showers resulted in an abrupt rise in minimum temperatures across the state.
According to weathermen, minimum temperature will again witness a gradual fall from Friday.
