Summary:
"The state will witness fairly wide spread rain on December 17 and scattered rains on December 18," the IMD said. At 16.9° C, Jamshedpur experienced a warm night than usual at this time of the year with mercury staying 3.9° above normal. Ranchi recorded 12.5°C, 2.6°C above normal. The overcast conditions are likely to raise the night-time temperature in Ranchi and across the state a few notches above normal, weather experts in Ranchi said.In its evening weather bulletin, IMD Ranchi minimum temperatures across Jharkhand were above normal in the early hours of Friday. "Shallow to moderate fog at isolated parts is very likely over Bihar, East Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh and Vidharbha in the next two days," IMD said, in its statement.Besides the deep depression, two cyclonic circulations were persisting above East Bangladesh and Madhya Pradesh, the statement added.It also predicted overcast conditions with chances of isolated showers on Sunday..