PATNA: Weathermen have predicted thundering activities along with light showers at a few places in south Bihar on Wednesday. Cloudy skies are expected at most places in south and central Bihar on Wednesday and Thursday.
The overcast conditions have been attributed to weather system over central India, which is likely to have more impact on Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and even Jharkhand. Bihar, particularly its southern parts, are likely to get the impact of outer periphery of the system, which has been described as wind discontinuity.
Neeraj Ashutosh, an officer at Patna Meteorological Centre, said on Monday that weather in Bihar is likely to remain dry over the next 24 hours, followed by thundering and light rains. “The wind direction is expected to change from dry and cold northwesterly to moist easterly after 24 hours. Accordingly, thundering and light rain are expected at few places in south Bihar,” he said.
Meanwhile, weather has started getting warmer, especially in central and south Bihar, as the maximum temperature is nearing 30 degrees Celsius mark, while minimum temperature is also being recorded in the range of 13-16 degrees C in these parts.
The highest maximum temperature in the state was recorded at Bhagalpur at 29.3 degrees C. The lowest minimum temperature was recorded at 9 degrees C at Gaya. The minimum temperature at Patna stood at 13 degrees C, which was a notch higher than the corresponding normal. Maximum temperature in the capital, on the other hand, stood at 27.6 degrees C, which was also a notch higher than the corresponding normal for the day.
India Meteorological Department (IMD), in its bulletin issued on Monday, stated that warmer night temperature is likely to continue over the plains of north India during the next four to five days.