Three friends make the most of Jubilee Park sprinklers on a hot Sunday afternoon in Jamshedpur. Picture by Animesh Sengupta

If Pranab fans had hoped for a refreshing Nor’wester as part of a Presidential welcome on Monday or Tuesday, it won’t happen, rue weathermen.

The state, fanned by dry westerly winds, is spewing fire with 40-plus degree temperatures in most districts on sizzling Sunday, Ranchi being an exception at 38°C. Jharkhand’s weather will remain crispy, dry and hot in the next two days.

“Dry westerlies are sweeping across the state since the past 24 hours, raising day readings. The weather over Jharkhand will remain dry in the next couple of days, though partly cloudy sky will be seen at few isolated places. We also don’t find any chances of Nor'wester in the next 24 hours,” said A.K. Sen, Patna Meteorological Office director.

Regional Meteorological Centre at Alipore, Calcutta, also ruled out the possibility of rain in next two days.

Pressed for some consolation, however remote, Sen hinted a low-pressure trough was developing over Chotanagpur and Santhal Pargana regions, which might trigger a Nor'wester, if and only if the wind pattern changed to easterly. But the wind has a mind of its own. It won’t be easily swayed towards the east.

“Today’s chart analysis revealed dominance of westerly wind across Jharkhand. Such a pattern is likely to persist for a few days,” Sen said.

People across the state felt the blistering effect of westerlies on Sunday. In Jamshedpur, the temperature rose to 41.4°C, two notches above average normal. On April 27, the city had recorded 40°C.

Capital Ranchi, due to its altitude advantage, recorded two degrees below the oppressive 40°C mark, but people got a feel of the swelter season due to the wind pattern. On April 27, Ranchi recorded 37.5°C, while on Sunday the mercury inched half a degree more.

Bokaro boiled at 42.8°C on Sunday. Dhanbad sweated it out at 41.6°C degree Celsius, which is three degrees above normal. In contrast, Daltonganj, known to peak the summer scorcher chart, recorded 41.2°C on Sunday, a mite lower than 42°C on April 27.

Deoghar — on the President’s itinerary on April 30, as well as Hazaribagh and Koderma recorded over 41°C, making it one of the hottest spells of the season.

So dry and deadly it is.

“From satellite pictures and weather chart analysis, we find no sign of rain in Jharkhand in the next 48 hours. This prevalent heat wave condition is likely to prevail if the trend of rising maximum reading continues,” said the duty officer at regional Met centre, Calcutta.

For some cold comfort, flashback to 2012. Around this time, Met statistics say day temperatures in Jamshedpur, Daltonganj, Deoghar and several other districts hovered between 40 and 44 degrees.

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