According to the Meteorological department, the weather may get colder in the coming days as the sky gets clearer in the next few days. Westerly disturbance becomes active in west-eastern region, causing a sudden dip in the mercury.
The moment people in Ranchi started putting away their heavy winter clothes experiencing warm spell in the last few weeks, they received an appalling surprise from the weather god as the State capital woke up to a cloudy, cold and chilly morning on Saturday. The sudden spell of rain has brought down the mercury level by three notches giving city a second chance to experience the winter. The maximum temperature fell three degree below the normal at 20.8 degrees Celsius leaving the city in chilling cold because of nagging rain all day. Ranchi receives 2.9 mm rain on Saturday.
Professor of Meteorology Department at Birsa Agriculture University (BAU) A Wadood said, “The maximum temperature on Saturday was well below the normal that is why people are feeling cold. The minimum temperature at 12.5 degrees Celsius is only one degree above normal. The difference between day and night is only of three degrees Celsius.” Those who are wishing for long, endless summer months ahead, the currents news for them is that the sudden nip in the air will continue for next couple of days. According to the Patna Meteorology Department the westerly disturbance has become active in western eastern region.
As a result of which places like Uttrakhand, Himachal Pradesh and its adjoining areas are receiving snowfall and the heavy weather has extended upto to Jharkhand and Bihar resulting low and medium clouds across the State. The forecast for the next 48 hour is isolated rain and thundershower accompanied by hailstorm and thunder squall across the State. Director of Patna Meteorology Department RK Giri said, “The winter is likely to increase in the coming days as once the sky gets clear on Monday, the mercury is likely to dip further more by three degree celsius.”
Meanwhile, the sudden change in weather has caught the people off guard with rain causing drop in temperature. A resident of Deepa Toli Ramesh Mahanty sharing his experience with said, “like usual days I ventured out of my home unprepared for the weather god’s surprise. The sudden spell of rain accompanied by wind gave me no time to even scurry for cover as a result of which was left wet.” “Now I have to again reshuffle my wardrobe by adding few more woollens which I packed a couple of weeks ago,” added a housewife Neeta Jha.