Jamshedpur, Aug 22: IMD’s Ranchi Meteorological Centre this afternoon issued an alert of lightning and thunder in several districts of Jharkhand, during the next 48 hours.
Weathermen said lightning and thunder would take place in several places of southern, central and northern Jharkhand due to local weather condition.
“Patches of convective clouds would form in several districts in the next two days which is expected to trigger thunder and lightning strikes accompanied by light rain, ” said a duty officer at the Ranchi Meteorological Centre.
IMD warned people not to venture out of their homes whenever there is lightning and thunder.
It also warned people not to take shelter under trees and avoid going to the fields.
The monsoon trough was today passing through Ganganagar, Narnaul, Gwalior, Satna, Daltonganj, Keonjhargarh and Balasore.
An east-west trough was also running from northwest Rajasthan to south Bihar across south Haryana and south Uttar Pradesh at 0.9 km above mean sea level.
A trough was also running from Jharkhand to south Gujarat across Chhattisgarh over Vidarbha and adjoining south Chhattisgarh and north Maharashtra between 3.1 Km and 4.5 Km above the mean sea level.
Rain data suggests that light to moderate rain occurred at many places over Jharkhand during the past 24 hours.
