A low pressure system present in the Bay of Bengal caused an increase in the rainfall activity across the State and also helped revive monsoon towards the end of the third week of September. The dry spell witnessed during the second week of the month was overcome with widespread showers which is likely to continue for the next few days.
According to the weather bulletin released on September 22 by the Meteorological Centre, Ranchi, on September 23 the north eastern parts of the State are likely to witness heavy showers accompanied with thunderstorm and lightning. Fairly widespread rainfall of light to moderate category is being forecasted for September 24. On September 25 parts of north eastern and south eastern districts might receive some rainfall while on September 26 places in the north east could witness thunderstorm activity.
“From September 20 the low pressure system present in the Bay of Bengal was having an impact over Jharkhand which caused widespread showers on September 21 and 22. This has also brought the rainfall departure down to -13 and towards the end of the monsoon season Jharkhand will witness near normal conditions. All observations made by the MET Centre, Ranchi have been very accurate for all the low pressure systems throughout the monsoon season and this has greatly benefitted the people of Jharkhand,” said Deputy Director MET Centre, Ranchi Abhishek Anand.
As per the statistics released by the MET Centre, Ranchi, from June 1 to September 22, Jharkhand has received a total of 868.1 mm of rainfall as against the actual amount of 999.3 mm while the present monsoon departure has been recorded at -13 percent.
As many as 10 districts namely Deoghar (-44), Godda (-22), Pakur (-29), Jamtara (-21), Garwah (-23), Chatra (-32), Saraikela- Kharsawan (-27), Gumla (-51), Bokaro (-23) and Khunti (-24) are facing a rainfall deficit while the remaining have witnessed normal or near normal monsoon.
As per the communiqué, from September 23 to September 26 the maximum temperature in Ranchi and its surrounding areas will be around 29- 30 degree Celsius.