Met department officials also did not rule out thundershowers and lightning activity in isolated places over the state.
Several places in northern Jharkhand is expected to experience heavy showers today, as per a forecast issued by IMD’s Ranchi Meteorological Centre.
Weathermen said the monsoon trough at means sea level was today passing through Daltonganj and hence there is a possibility of heavy rain in north-western and north-eastern Jharkhand today.
Met department officials also did not rule out thundershowers and lightning activity in isolated places over the state.
Most places across the state would witness a generally cloudy sky today.
Notably, this year’s weak monsoon has resulted in a rain deficit of 50 per cent so far posing a drought threat in over 12 districts including Chatra, Godda, Sahibganj, Pakur, Jamtara and Deoghar which has recorded scanty rainfall wherein the deficit is between 60 and 99 per cent.
Against a normal of 467.4 mm, the state has so far received rainfall of 234.4 mm, a deficit of 50 per cent.
Weathermen said the huge rain deficit would prevail at the end of July, the second monsoon month.
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