Southwest Monsoon has been bringing vigorous rainfall over East India. Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal received heavy to moderate rains during last 24 hours.
This spell of rainfall could be attributed to multiple weather systems. Firstly, the low pressure area over Gangetic West Bengal and neighboring areas, along with an associated upper air cyclonic circulation extending up to 7.6 km above mean sea level, persists.
Moreover, the western end of the axis of the Monsoon trough continues to run close to the foothills of the Himalayas. On the other hand, the eastern arm is moving across Gorakhpur, Gaya, the centre of the low pressure area and further towards Bay of Bengal.
In wake of these weather systems Gaya received a whopping 238 mm of rainfall in a span of 24 hours from 8.30 am on Monday.
This is definitely the highest rainfall the city has witnessed in September, during the last 10 years. However, the city remained just 20 mm short of the all-time highest rainfall. On September 10, 1942 Gaya received 258 mm of rainfall.
The second highest rainfall during last 10 years was recorded on September 17, 2012 when the city witnessed 155.8 mm of rainfall.
The capital city of Bihar, Patna also received heavy rains to the tune of 70 mm. Bhagalpur also received 14 mm of rainfall.
Skymet Weather expects more rains in the state of Bihar during next 24 to 48 hours. This is because the low pressure area is moving in a north direction towards the eastern parts of Bihar.
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