PINAKI MAJUMDAR
Jamshedpur, Nov 3: The western disturbance passing through the upper layers of the atmosphere impacted Jharkhand’s weather today.
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Several places in southern and central Jharkhand including Jamshedpur, Chaibasa, Ranchi and Khunti woke up to cloudy conditions with a rise in minimum temperature.
IMD’s Ranchi Meteorological Centre issued a forecast of light rain in isolated areas today.
The western disturbance as a trough in middle tropospheric westerlies with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level was running roughly along Long. 74°E to the north of Lat. 30°N.
Statistics revealed that dry weather prevailed over the state during the past 24 hours.
The highest maximum temperature of 33.8°C was recorded at Godda while the lowest minimum temperature of 18.1°C was recorded at Ramgarh, during the past 24 hours.
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The cloud cover would result in a rise in night temperature during the next 48 hours, said a weather department official.