At 109 mm, Jamshedpur continues with three digit rains
In the last three to four days, good rains have been lashing many parts of Jharkhand. The last 24 hours were also no different and heavy to extremely heavy rains were observed.
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In a span of 24 hours from 08:30 am on Monday, Jamshedpur recorded a whopping 109 mm of rainfall, followed by Ranchi that witnessed 99 mm.
All thanks to the well-marked low pressure area that is over Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining Jharkhand.
These rains are expected to decrease over Jharkhand as the system will weaken and move toward Jharkhand and North Chhattisgarh.
Both these districts have been witnessing extremely good Monsoon rains since past few days.
The state of Jharkhand has had a good Monsoon run so far. In fact, many parts of the state have also witnessed a few heavy spells of rain during the last few days.
The last 24 hours were all the rainier for Jharkhand. In fact, Jamshedpur, the steel city of India recorded a whopping 227 mm of rainfall. These rains happen to be the highest the city has ever received during the month of July. The last time the city received such heavy showers was on July 26, 1948.
Other areas of the state also witnessed moderate to heavy showers including Bokaro 41.8 mm, Chaibasa 48.5 mm, Daltonganj 36 mm, and Ranchi 29.6 mm.
These rainfall activities have been attributed to the presence of a well marked low pressure area over Jharkhand and adjoining areas. Due to this, weather system, moisture incursion ahs increased over the region resulting in heavy to very heavy rains over many areas.
Check out the latest lightning and thunderstorm status across Jharkhand
As per weathermen at Skymet Weather, the state of Jharkhand is expected to witness moderate to heavy rainfall activity. Not only this, the possibility of isolated very heavy rains also cannot be ruled out over the region. At present, Jharkhand is witnessing a rainfall deficiency of a good 17 percent. The ongoing rains may help in reducing the rainfall deficiency.
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