PINAKI MAJUMDAR
Jamshedpur, Oct 14: The southwest monsoon has started pulling out of Jharkhand with weathermen saying a complete withdrawal was expected in another 24 hours.
“Conditions are becoming favourable for further withdrawal of the southwest monsoon from remaining parts of Bihar, Jharkhand, entire West Bengal and Sikkim; some more parts of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh; many parts of Odisha and some parts of Assam and Meghalaya, northwest Bay of Bengal,” said a Met official at IMD’s Ranchi Meteorological Centre.
The line of withdrawal of southwest monsoon was today passing through 28.5°N/89.5°E, 27.0°N/90.0°E Dhubri, Tura, 22°N/89°E, 20°N/87°E, Gopalpur, Raipur, 22.5°N/79.5°E, Khargone, Nandurbar, Navsari and 20°N/70°E.
No significant synoptic system prevails over Jharkhand.
The cyclonic circulation over the southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining equatorial Indian Ocean moved west-northwestwards and lay over the southeast Bay of Bengal extending up to 5.8 Km above mean sea level.
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Under its influence, a low-pressure area is likely to form over central parts of the south Bay of Bengal around October 14.
It is likely to become a well marked low-pressure area and move west-northwestwards towards north Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coasts during the subsequent 48 hours.
Weathermen said the withdrawal of the monsoon was delayed this year.
The process started from the northwestern parts of Jharkhand from October 12.
Usually, the monsoon starts withdrawing from the northern parts of the country around the third week of September. The process gets completed in Jharkhand by the first week of October.
Statistics revealed that light to moderate rain occurred at one or two places over Jharkhand during the last 24 hours.
This year monsoon activity was normal over the state. The first two monsoon months- June and July- witnessed restricted rainfall activity.
But, in August and September most districts of Jharkhand experienced a good spell of rain which helped in overcoming the deficit figure.
