Jamshedpur: The city today recorded 76 MM of rainfall in last 24 hours. The intensity of rain increased due to the impact of the lower pressure. ” We are expecting partly cloudy sky in places like Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Dhanbad and Bokaro on the day of Diwali on October 27. Possibility of rain is ruled out on the day of Diwali as the impact of the low pressure would wane by then,” explained S D Kotal, director of Ranchi Meteorological Centre.
In the sector-wise forecast issued this afternoon IMD’s Ranchi Met Centre hinted at dry weather in most parts of the state on the day of Diwali. But, a senior climate analyst at Patna Met Centre expressed apprehensions, ” One or two isolated places in southern Jharkhand ( Kolhan region) might witness light showers on the day of Diwali as the moisture and clouds left by the low pressure might trigger showers.”
The low pressure area was today hovering over westcentral Bay of Bengal off Andhra Pradesh coast. An associated cyclonic circulation was also extending upto mid-tropospheric level. The twin systems is expected to trigger heavy to very heavy rainfall ( 64.5-204.4 mm) at isolated places of western (Simdega, Gumla, Latehar, Lohardaga), Central (Ranchi, Khunti, Ramgarh, Bokaro, Dhanbad, Jamtara) and northern parts (Chatra, Hazaribag, Koderma, Giridih).
The Regional Meteorological Centre at Alipore in Kolkata issued warning of heavy rain over Jharkhand due to the impact of the low pressure while for the next two days, the Met office issued heavy to very heavy rainfall over Jharkhand.
“The low pressure would ensure good showers in both the states. The system would cover entire Bengal and some parts of Jharkhand by tonight,” said a duty officer
The weatherman said that intensity of rainfall will be more in north-west and southern parts of the state. Both, the Ranchi Met Centre and regional meteorological centre in Calcutta predicted rainfall between 70-110 mm in isolated pockets.
According to Regional Meteorological Centre at Alipore, heavy moisture feeding from Bay of Bengal due to low pressure brought about widespread rain.
