IMD's Ranchi Meteorological Centre has predicted timely advent of the southwest monsoon in Jharkhand.
A senior Met analyst said on Saturday that conditions are favourable for the advancement of monsoon currents. "The usual date for rains to hit Kerala is June 1. This year, the it will hit the southern state one day earlier on May 31. If that happens, monsoon will arrive in Jharkhand by June 15, which is the normal time, " said the weather analyst .
He went on to say that the monsoon was expected to be normal in Jharkhand this year. IMD-New Delhi, in its zone-wise forecast, hasalready predicted cent per cent rainfall after the onset of monsoon in Jharkhand, with a model error range of 4 per cent.
The forecast applies to the four rainy months — June to September — during which the climate is dominated by the south-west monsoon.
Jharkhand's pre-monsoon rain (March to May) has been very impressive this year. Bokaro with 451.4mm cumulative rainfall from March till May 29, topped the chart, followed by 416.8mm recorded by the IMD observatory in Jamshedpur. Ranchi has registered rainfall of 351.2mm between March and May so far .
Data suggests that Chaibasa in West Singhbhum during the pre-monsoon months recorded 369.8 mm while Palamau headquarters Daltonganj recorded around 200mm during the same period.
Met officials confirmed that never before in the last five years or so had Jamshedpur and Chaibasa, which are in southern Jharkhand, recorded such impressive rainfall in the pre-monsoon months.
Cyclone Yaas resulted in over 200mm rainfall in Chaibasa and around 140mm in Jamshedpur.
According to Met data, day temperatures have been hovering between 30-35 degree Celsius in most parts of the state during the past two days. Day readings witnessed an abrupt fall in Jharkhand since May 25 due to the cyclone, which after crossing the state, has moved to Bihar.
Last year (2020) too the south-west monsoon had arrived in Jharkhand within its normal arrival date on May 13. In 2019 and 2018 ,the monsoon was delayed in its arrival.
