PATNA: Most sections of south and central Bihar, such as Patna, seen moderate rain on Friday.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued forecast for widespread rainfall at the nation till June 22.
Orange alert was issued for Saturday and yellowish alert for another few days.
Bihar has obtained 148% surplus rain in the monsoon year .
The country has obtained 187.3millimeter rain from June 1 until 18, whereas the rain for the identical interval is 75.4mm.
The IMD bulletin said that widespread rain as well as isolated heavy to very heavy rain is extremely probably over Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, east Uttar Pradesh, northeast Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh through the subsequent a few times under the impact of a low pressure region within south-west Bihar and adjacent south-west UP along with a cyclonic circulation over south Bangladesh.
An alert to medium to intense thunderstorms accompanied by frequent cloud to ground lightning continues to be issued for Saturday.
Weathermen in Patna meteorological facility said areas which received considerable rain comprised Mohania (60mm), Nauhatta (50mm), Rafiganj (30mm) and also Dehri (30mm).
Patna obtained 11.6millimeter rainfall.
“Thunderstorm with lightning is most probably from the country in the subsequent 24 hours, together with heavy rain at a couple of areas in south-west and south-west Bihar.
Remaining places are most likely to watch moderate rain,” that a weatherman said.
Southwest monsoon entered Bihar through Purnia in north-eastern areas of the country on June 12, a day before its scheduled start day.
Light to up and moderate to heavy rain has been happening across the country on many days since then.