Updated on February 27, 2016 11:17 AM: Odisha and West Bengal record good rain, intensity to reduce now
Odisha continued to witness weather activity for the second consecutive day on Friday. Though intensity was light on Thursday but the state recorded good showers during last 24 hours.
West Bengal also continued with some light to moderate showers.
In span of 24 hours from 8:30 am on Friday, Balasore in Odisha recorded 51 mm of rain, Keonjhargarh 8 mm, Bhubaneswar 2 mm, Chandbali 4 mm and Jharsuguda 1 mm.
While in West Bengal, Diamond Harbour received 32 mm of rain followed by Kolkata 8 mm and Shanti Niketan 6 mm.
As reiterated by Skymet Weather, a trough has been extending from Assam and Meghalaya up to Vidarbha region across Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha and Jharkhand. This weather system has been responsible for the ongoing rainy spell.
However, trough is now getting is getting less marked. With this, intensity of rain is also likely to reduce significantly over Jharkhand, West Bengal and northeastern states during the next 24 hours. But, Odisha will continue to get some scattered rain.
Updated on February 26, 2016 01:17 PM: Light showers in Odisha, rains to exit East India soon
East India continued to witness weather activity of varied intensity during last 24 hours. While Odisha recorded good showers, Gangetic West Bengal and Chhattisgarh received isolated light rain only.
In span of 24 hours from 8:30 on Thursday, Keonjhargarh recorded 34 mm of rain, Balasore 16 mm, Diamond Harbour 0.2 mm and Ambikapur received traces of rain.
However, rains are now likely to reduce after 24 to 48 hours. The cyclonic circulation over Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining Jharkhand that has been responsible for the wet spell of the region has become less marked.
But remnants of the system will continue to give light to moderate rain over few places during next 24 hours.
Moreover another cyclonic circulation over Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh is getting more marked, taking away most of the moisture around itself. With this, rain belt will shift further and cover parts of Interior Odisha and Chhattisgarh now onwards.
Updated on February 25, 2016 03:27 PM: Good rain over West Bengal brings relief from humid weather
As reiterated Skymet Weather, West Bengal has recorded fairly widespread light to moderate rain during last 24 hours. Few places including capital city of Kolkata have also recorded some heavy showers.
This was much-awaited rainy spell as it has brought immense relief from high minimum temperatures. Since last few days, night temperatures have been settling way too above normal leading to uncomfortable nights.
In span of 24 hours from 8:30 am on Thursday, Kolkata recorded 83 mm of rain, which is the highest amount of rain recorded in February.
This was followed by Diamond Harbour 62.4 mm of rain, Burdwan 13.6 mm, Midnapore 10 mm, Krishnanagar 5.6 mm and Digha 1 mm.
According to Skymet Weather, the rain activity was due the presence of an east-west trough extending from Assam up to Chhattisgarh across Gangetic West Bengal.
The weather activity is likely continue for another 24 hours on account of presence of the system. Thereafter, the system will move in west direction towards Odisha, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh and so does the rain belt.
Updated on February 24, 2016 01:23 PM: Good showers in Odisha, West Bengal to bring relief from sultry conditions
The last two weeks have remained dry for both Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal. Due to the absence of any significant weather system over the region, rainfall has remained absent from both the states.
Both Odisha, as well as Gangetic West Bengal, have been reeling under hot and sultry conditions for the past few days.
While intense heat has been keeping the day temperatures above the normal range, humidity during the night has made the conditions uncomfortable.
The proximity to the coastline has been giving way to humidity over areas like Kolkata and Bhubaneswar.
For the past two days, nights have also become sultry and uncomfortable resulting in an increase in the minimums over the two states. Let’s take a look at the minimum temperatures and their departure from the normal levels on February 24.
These hot weather conditions can be attributed to an anti-cyclone, which developed over the region and continued to feed moisture resulting in humid conditions.
However, the situation is likely to change now. An east-west trough running from Gangetic West Bengal to Odisha has two cyclonic circulations embedded in it. While parts of Odisha and West Bengal have already started receiving rain, the rainfall will spread over other areas as well. This rainfall activity is likely to continue for the next two days.
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