As monsoon hit the south eastern and north eastern parts of the State on Friday, now within 48 hours it will advance and cover central and remaining parts of Jharkhand too. As per the MET expert prediction, there are also chances of light rainfall at regular interval in State Capital and other adjoining areas.
“The southwest monsoon has further advanced into remaining parts of Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal including some parts of north interior Karnataka, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh and Telangana covering few parts of Jharkhand and Bihar. The conditions are favourable for further advancement of southwest monsoon into remaining parts of Jharkhand,” said, Forecast officer of Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Ranchi observatory, Upendra Srivastava.
“light to moderate rain and thundershowers occurred at many places in State. Highest maximum temperature of 37.8 degree Celsius was recorded at Daltonganj on Saturday. Monsoon advanced and covered districts like Simdega, Ramgarh and Giridih too. There are chances of light drizzles at various districts in the coming days,” added Srivastava.
Monsoon has already hit Jamshedpur in south eastern part and districts like Pakur, Godda, Dumka and Sahibganj in north eastern part of State. On Saturday, Ranchi registered maximum 31degree Celsius and minimum 24 degree Celsius whereas at Jamshedpur maximum temperature was recorded 34.2 degree Celsius and minimum 25.7 degree Celsius was registered. Upto 1.4 mm rainfall was recorded in the state capital on Saturday whereas Jamshedpur recorded 6.6 mm rainfall.
No warning of instant weather change has been issued by Ranchi Observatory centre till June 20. Moreover, chances of heavy rainfall are feeble in the state capital in the coming days yet few isolated belts in state including Ranchi may receive light drizzles.