After experiencing three days of heavy rain, most districts of Jharkhand can look forward to a dry spell, courtesy subdued monsoon activity.

IMD's Ranchi Met Centre, in its forecast issued on Friday afternoon, hinted at a dry spell for the next few days as the monsoon currents is expected to become weak over Jharkhand from Saturday.

"In the absence of any favourable system, monsoon currents would become weak over Jharkhand resulting in a dry spell for at least three days from Saturday, " said Abhishek Anand, the head of Ranchi Meteorological Centre.

On Friday, the monsoon trough was passing through Daltonganj and Digha (in Bengal).

Satellite pictures indicated a cyclonic circulation over southeast Bangladesh but it is unlikely to impact Jharkhand.

Met data of last 24 hours - from 8.30 am of Thursday to 8.30 am of Friday - indicated highest rainfall of 44.4 mm in Ranchi while Hindgiri in Ranchi district recorded moderate rainfall of 30 mm.

Several places in Dhanbad and Lohardaga districts recorded around 20 mm of rain while Gumla, Bokaro and Jamshedpur recorded around 12 mm of rain.

As many as 15 IMD observatories recorded around 10 mm of rain.

The forecast between Saturday and Tuesday ( August 7 to August 10 ) suggested light cloud with light rain at one or two places.

No alerts have been issued for the next 72 hours . But weathermen said a few isolated places might experience light thunder and lightning.

Rain data suggests that so far since the onset of monsoon in June, Jharkhand has actually received 620.4 mm of rain against a normal of 587.5 mm, a surplus of six per cent.

Except for nine districts - Chatra, Garhwa, Godda, Gumla, Khunti, Pakur, Seraikela-Kharsawan, Simdega and West Singhbhum _ which figure in rain deficit list, the remaining 15 districts recorded surplus rain.