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Time of India
4 days ago
- Climate
- Time of India
IMD issues yellow alert for heavy rainfall till August 12
1 2 Ranchi: The Ranchi office of the India Meteorological Department issued yellow alert across the state from Saturday till August 12, forecasting heavy rainfall accompanied with thunderstorm and lightning activities. The Met dept. in its weather bulletin also issued an orange alert for West Singhbhum, Seraikela Kharsawan and East Singhbhum districts on Saturday, forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall. "Due to a monsoon trough from northeast Uttar Pradesh to south Bangladesh across Bihar, Jharkhand, northern parts of Gangetic West Bengal, are likely to get heavy to very heavy rainfall and thunderstorm activities in isolated places across the state from Saturday till August 12. Gusty wind speeding up to 30-40 kmph will also accompany the thunderstorm activities. Isolated places over west-central and adjoining north-western and southern parts of the state, likely to experience heavy rainfall on Aug 12," said Ranchi IMD head Baburaj P P. Several places across the state experienced rainfall on Friday as well. Ranchi got 1.3 mm rain, Jamshedpur 1.5 mm, Daltonganj 9.4 mm, Garhwa 6 mm, and Deoghar experienced the highest, 10.5 mm rainfall on Friday. Jharkhand received 845.2 mm rainfall till Friday from June 1. The rain has brought down the maximum departure across the state, over 4°C in many places. Ranchi recorded a maximum temperature of 26.1°C, a drop of 3.2°C from the normal temperature, on Friday. Similarly, Jamshedpur recorded 28°C, a drop of 4.4°C, Daltonganj and Bokaro recorded 30.5°C and 28.5°C respectively, marking a drop of 1.6°C. On the contrary, Chaibasa recorded the highest maximum temperature in the state on Friday 33°C, marking an increase of 2.7°C from the normal. Stay updated with the latest local news from your city on Times of India (TOI). Check upcoming bank holidays , public holidays , and current gold rates and silver prices in your area. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Raksha Bandhan wishes , messages and quotes !
Time of India
07-05-2025
- Climate
- Time of India
Unseasonal cold grips state; Met warns of hail, strong winds
Bhopal: A cold wave in the midst of summer gave much-needed respite from hot weather to city residents. Day and night temperatures plummeted well below normal for this time of the year across several parts of the state. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The meteorological department officials say the unusual chill may persist for another day or two, with thunderstorms, lightning, gusty winds and hailstorms forecast for many areas. The department attributed the unseasonal conditions to multiple weather systems, including a Western Disturbance now centred over west Madhya Pradesh. The upper air cyclonic circulation over northwest MP and neighbourhood persists and now seen at a 0.9 km above mean sea level. The east-west trough now runs from southwest Rajasthan to north Jharkhand across cyclonic circulation over northwest MP, east MP, north Chhattisgarh at 0.9 km above mean sea level. A trough runs from northeast Arabian Sea to cyclonic circulation over west MP across Gujarat between 3.1 and 5.8 km above mean sea level, the meteorological dept stated. The day temperature in Bhopal on Wednesday was recorded at 31.4 degrees Celsius, nine degrees less than normal mark, while night temperature in the city was 19.2 degrees Celsius, seven degrees less than the normal mark. In the forecast for Bhopal on Thursday the Met dept stated there would be partly cloudy sky with possibility of thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening hours. Day and night temperature would be respectively 35 degrees Celsius and 20 degrees Celsius while average wind speed will be 20 km per hour. In the forecast for the state, a warning of heavy rainfall (64.5 mm-105.4 mm), thunderstorm with lightning, gusty wind 50-60 kmph, and hailstorm was underlined for isolated places in Barwani, Alirajpur, Jhabua, Dhar and Ratlam dists. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now A warning of thunderstorm with lightning, gusty wind 50 kmph-60 Kmph, hailstorm at isolated places was for Betul, Harda, Burhanpur, Khandwa, Khargone, Indore, Chhindwara, Seoni, Mandla, Balaghat and Pandhurna dist. A warning of thunderstorm with lightning, gusty wind 40 kmph-50 kmph at isolated places existed for Bhopal, Vidisha, Raisen, Sehore, Rajgarh, Narmadapuram, Ujjain, Dewas, Shajapur, Agar, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Guna, Ashoknagar, Shivpuri, Sheopur, Jabalpur, Narsinghpur, Chhatarpur, Tikamgarh and Niwari dists. A possibility of rainfall or drizzle with thunderstorm and lightning was underlined for Bhopal, Vidisha, Raisen, Sehore, Rajgarh, Narmadapuram, Betul, Harda, Burhanpur, Khandwa, Khargone, Indore, Ujjain, Dewas, Shajapur, Agar, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Guna, Ashoknagar, Shivpuri, Sheopur, Jabalpur, Narsinghpur, Chhindwara, Seoni, Mandla, Balaghat, Chhatarpur, Tikamgarh, Niwari, Pandhurna, Barwani, Alirajpur, Jhabua, Dhar and Ratlam dists. A dry weather would prevail over remaining dists in the state. In the weather outlook the meteorological dept stated there would be no large change for the next two days thereafter rise in temperature by 2 degrees to 3 degrees Celsius.
