State capital Raipur and its adjoining areas received heavy rains in the wee hours of Friday even as the loud roars of lightning kept people, who remained awakened for nearly one and half hours, on tenterhooks.
According to weather office report, from Thursday night till 8 on Friday morning, several parts of state including capital Raipur received heavy down pour coupled with thunderstorm. Konta received 109.0 mm rains, lundra 92.3 mm, lohandiguda 85 mm, Bhairamgarh 84.6 mm, Ramanujganj 76 mm, Sukma 71.2 mm, Raipur 58.2 (above 2 inch)mm, Mana 57 mm rains.
People of Raipur complained that after midnight last night they could not sleep fearing cloud burst or lightning striking in the neighbourhood thanks to the downpour which continued throughout the latter part of the night coupled with thunder for more than an hour and breathed a sigh of relief only when it subsided.
Director of Meteorological department M l Sahu said a low pressure area is in making in Bay of Bengal over Odisha-Andhra Coast while in the upper air crest a cyclone is active in the same area due to which heavy rains can occur at some places during the next 48 hours. On the other hand, Raipur and adjoining areas witnessed a very warm and humid condition on Thursday.
Maximum temperature was much more than normal temperature leading to heavy rains due to formation of local system. Sahu assigned the reason of such loud roars of clouds to quick formation of system. Agricultural scientist ASRAS Shashtri said after a long time labhandi, Raipur Met area, experienced Temperature of 35.5 degrees Celsius.
Due to high temperature a low pressure area was took shape quickly above the capital, which is called CB Cloud in Meteorological parlance, which was the actual cause behind the loud roars last night. According to Shashtri a low pressure area has developed in the Bay of Bengal which will further strengthen by Saturday due to which Chhattisgarh would again get a heavy spell of Monsoon.
He also warned of heavy rains at several places in the state during next 48 hours due to the system over the Bay of Bengal.