The Met department has predicted rain in Bihar due to a cyclonic activity. The Met department has predicted rain and thundershowers in several parts of Bihar in the next 24 hours due to a likely transformation of a depression over the east-central Bay of Bengal into a cyclonic circulation.
The weather bureau has also predicted the timely arrival of the monsoon in the state.
“Usually, the monsoon arrives in Bihar by June 10. We expect it on time this year as the conditions are favourable for further advancement of the southwest monsoon into parts of southeast Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal in the next 24 hours,” said S K Patel, meteorologist at the Patna Met office.
The state has already received 106.7 mm of pre-monsoon rains until May 28, including the 10.5 mm rain on Sunday, which claimed five lives in Champaran district.
“Following rainfall, the maximum temperature in Patna has come down from 40 degrees celsius to 35 degrees Celsius,” a Met Departmenbt source said.
The cyclonic circulation is persisting in the upper air in several parts of northeast and north-central Bihar, which would result in rain and thundershowers in Bhagalpur, Champaran, Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga for the next two days. In Rajasthan, a fresh spell of rain in the wee hours of Monday has provided respite from the oppressive heatwave prevailing in the state over the last few days.
The Met department has said temperatures across the state has dropped by 5 degrees Celsius.
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