PINAKI MAJUMDAR
Jamshedpur, Aug 18: IMD’s Ranchi Meteorological Centre issued a forecast of light rain in isolated places over Jharkhand today.
Weathermen said the monsoon trough was passing through Daltonganj, the headquarters of Palamu.
The local forecast for Ranchi suggested one or two spells of rain today.
An alert of thunder and lightning was also issued for isolated places.
According to weathermen, most places would witness restricted rainfall activity on Thursday.
Rainfall statistics revealed that several places witnessed moderate rain during the past 24 hours.
Rainfall during the past few days helped in bringing down the state’s rain deficit figure to 34 per cent.
Against a normal of 678.6 mm, the state has so far received 432.3 mm, a deficit of 36 per cent.
Weathermen said another low-pressure system was developing over the Bay of Bengal which is expected to trigger heavy rain in some parts of Jharkhand after the next 24 hours.
