PINAKI MAJUMDAR
Jamshedpur, Sept 30: IMD’s Ranchi Met Centre issued an alert of thundershowers in isolated pockets of Jharkhand today.
“The rainfall activity is likely to be light to moderate. There will be no significant changes in maximum temperature at least in the next two days,” said a duty officer at Ranchi Meteorological Centre.
Weathermen also warned that satellite pictures were indicating the formation of a cyclonic circulation which might intensify into a low-pressure area over East-central Bay of Bengal around October 1, something that could impact Jharkhand’s weather.
“It would result in cloud cover and moderate rain over the state. Heavy rain is also expected at several places on October 3 ” said Abhishek Anand, head of Ranchi Meteorological Centre.
A climate analyst at Alipore Met Centre in Kolkata said that a satellite study revealed chances of thunderstorms and lightning over north-west, central and southern Jharkhand during the next 48 hours.
Statistics revealed that light to moderate rain occurred at a few places over the state in the past 24 -hours.
The state’s rain deficit as of September 29 stood at 21 per cent. Against a normal rain of 1018.3 mm Jharkhand actually received rainfall of 803.9 mm.
