An active monsoon triggered moderate to heavy showers in several parts of Jharkhand during the past 24 hours.
Met statistics revealed that several places in southern and northern Jharkhand experienced heavy rain. Steel city Jamshedpur topped the rain chart with 110mm recorded during the past 24 hours (8.30am of Thursday to 8.30am of Friday). It was raining all of Friday afternoon, till he time of filing this report.
Chandil in adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan district and Ramgarh recorded 85mm rain. Massanjore in Dumka district also experienced heavy rain, over 70 mm. Moharo in Jamtara district and Rajmahal in Sahebganj district recorded heavy showers of over 55mm.
The IMD observatory in Hazaribagh recorded 42mm rain while Koner in Hazaribagh, Godda Chatra and Khusiyari in Giridih district recorded 35mm of rain.
As many as 10 IMD observatories including the one at Daltonganj in Palamau and Ghatshila in East Singhbhum recorded 20 mm rain.
Ormanjhi near Ranchi, Pakuria in Pakur district, Gumla, Dumka, Koner in Hazaribagh district and around a dozen other IMD stations recorded 10mm rain during the past 24 hours, revealed Met statistics.
Overcast conditions with intermittent rain continued in several districts of Jharkhand on Friday due to an active monsoon.
"Southwest monsoon is active over Jharkhand. We are expecting widespread rain. Most districts will experience light to moderate showers in the next 24 hours," said S.D. Kotal, director of Ranchi Meteorological Centre.
On Friday, the monsoon trough was passing through Bikaner, Gwalior Varanasi, Patna, Shantiniketan and Haldia extending up to 1.5 km above mean sea level. Satellite pictures indicated that the cyclonic circulation existing over Bangladesh and adjoining Gangetic Bengal was hovering over Jharkhand, extending 3.6km above the mean sea level.
The showers helped in reducing the deficit. Against a normal of 449.2mm, the state has so far recorded 407.8mm rain, a deficit of 9 per cent. On Thursday, the rain deficit stood at 11 per cent.
The heavy showers resulted in water logging in several low-lying areas of Jamshedpur and its adjoining areas since Thursday evening.
