Several districts of Jharkhand suffered a dreadfully muggy Sunday because of high humidity caused by heavy moisture in the atmosphere.
The sultry weather upped the discomfort index and the bad news is that weathermen warned of another 24-hours of torment .
"The weather will continue to be humid for the next 24-hours due to moisture laden easterly winds coming from the Bay of Bengal where a cyclone formation is taking place ," said an officer on duty at IMD's Ranchi Meteorological Centre.
The discomfort index, which is measured on the basis of temperature, wind and relative humidity, was 64 in Ranchi on Sunday, nine notches above normal, while in Jamshedpur it was 68, 13 points above the normal.
In places like Ramgarh, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Deoghar, Daltonganj, Giridih and Chatra, the index hovered around 63 on Sunday , eight notches above normal.
Hazaribagh, Koderma, Godda and Pakur recorded a discomfort index of 66 degrees, eleven points above normal.
The average discomfort index of the state was as high as 64 degrees, nine degrees above normal.
The day's temperature in places like Daltonganj, Jamshedpur , Bokaro and several other places in southern Jharkhand was hovering between 36-37 degree Celsius on Sunday while capital recorded around 34 degree Celsius.
Met data suggested that not a single IMD observatory recorded rain during the past 24 hours while Sahebganj located in the north-eastern part of Jharkhand recorded the highest maximum reading of 37 degree Celsius.
Cyclone Yaas update
The low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal converted into a depression on Sunday .
It is very likely to move northwestwards and intensify into a cyclonic storm (Yaas) on May 24 and further into a very severe cyclonic storm during the subsequent
24 hours. It would continue to move northwestwards and intensify further and reach north Bay of Bengal near West Bengal and adjoining north Odisha and Bangladesh coasts on the morning of May 26.
In the wake of the cyclone, IMD's Ranchi Met Centre issued an alert of heavy to very heavy rain in isolated areas, especially in southern, central and north eastern Jharkhand, between May 25 and 27.