Prepare yourselves with more jackets and blankets as the chilling winters are knocking the doors. The Meteorological department has signaled further decrease in temperatures of the capital in the coming days.
Ranchi witnessed cloudy skies on Saturday and such conditions will continue in the next two days. Though the temperatures will be cold on December 14 and 15, light showers accompanied with thunderstorm are likely to occur on Monday.The weather forecast officer at the Meteorological Centre of Ranchi, RK Mahto informed that this sudden cloudiness is due to the western disturbances in areas of Jammu, Kashmir and ladakh. As a result, induced cyclonic circulations over low atmospheres above Madhya Pradesh are formed resulting in cloudy skies. The department also informed that after the clouds clear the sky in about 48 hours, temperatures will further drop to about 3 degrees lower.
"Eastern convective clouds are spread from Karnataka to West Bengal as well as the western clouds are also active because of which nights will be comparatively warmer than the days. Sunday will remain dry." said A Wadood, Chairman of department of agricultural physics and meteorology at Birsa Agricultural University.
The changing weather will also affect the crops."Due to this extreme cold conditions approaching in a few days, crops will be highly affected. Mustard crops may suffer from acid attacks and potato crops may suffer from blight disease, hence farmers must take measures to protect their crops, “said Wadood. He also added that previously, minimum temperatures in Jharkhand used to drop till 5 degrees but now, because of global climatic changes, for the past 2-3 years, summers are hotter and winters are colder and the minimum temperatures go down to 1 degree Celsius.
Maximum temperature on Saturday was 21.6 degrees Celsius, which is 2 degrees lower than normal maximum temperature and minimum temperature was 13.2 degree celsius. The sky remained generally cloudy with misty fog in the morning. last week the temperatures were quiet normal according to winters, days being warm and maximum temperatures going till 29 degrees during the days and minimum temperatures about 11 degrees. last year, winters were comparatively warmer in Jharkhand where maximum temperatures went up to 27 degrees Celsius and minimum temperatures to 12 degrees cesius.