Patna: Light to moderate rainfall likely for next two days, says Met

PATNA: Several districts in central Bihar, including Patna, received lights showers on Saturday. India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that the showers will continue at least till Monday.
The daily weather bulletin issued by Patna meteorological centre stated that light to moderate rainfall occurred at a few places over the state during the last 24 hours. Patna received little over 1.3mm rainfall over the last 24 hours.
“Light to moderate rainfall likely to occur at many places across Bihar in the next two days after that rainfall intensity will decrease. Thunderstorm with lightning and hail activity is also likely to occur at one or two places over north-central and south-central parts in the state on Sunday,” the daily weather report stated.
The IMD bulletin stated that light to moderate rain or thundershowers are likely to occur over east India from Sunday to Tuesday due to confluence of middle level westerly winds and lower level easterlies from the Bay of Bengal.
The weather bulletin further stated that thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and hail is also likely over Bihar and Jharkhand during the next two to three days.
Private weather agency Skymetweather also reported that many parts of Bihar received light rainfall with one or two moderate spells in the last 24 hours. It further stated that the rainfall activity is likely to increase during the next 24 hours.
“Rain is expected to continue with light to moderate intensity over the region of Bihar, while also covering Jharkhand and West Bengal. Rain is likely to continue up to February 25 and will reduce thereafter,” the Skymet report stated.
The private weather agency attributed the showers to a cyclonic circulation over central parts of Uttar Pradesh and a confluence zone extending from east Madhya Pradesh to northeast Bihar.
As far as temperature is concerned, Skymet stated that the day temperatures are set to drop by at least four to five degrees in the coming days.