Good Monsoon rains to continue over Northeast India
Monsoon rains have picked up pace over some parts of northeastern states during the last few days.
A few spells of moderate to heavy with isolated heavy showers have been observed over Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh. In a span of 24 hours from 8:30 am on Thursday, Pasighat recorded a whopping of 119.1 mm of Monsoon showers. Other areas that have received rains include North Lakhimpur 32 mm of rainfall, Dibrugarh 18.2 mm, Itanagar 17.3 mm, Silchar 13.7 mm and Jorhat 11 mm of rainfall.
Meanwhile, some parts of NMMT (Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura) have also witnessed light to moderate showers.
Monsoon rains are likely to continue over Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh for another 3-4 days. Many areas are expected to witness moderate to heavy with isolated very heavy showers. However, rain intensity is likely to remain light over NMMT (Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura).
East and Northeast India are at present witnessing rainfall deficiency of 13%. As on September 8, 2016 the region comprising Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura is rain deficient by 23% while Assam and Meghalaya are rain deficient by 31%. It is only Arunachal Pradesh where rain deficiency is 7% which falls under the normal rain category.
First Published on September 08/09/2016: Good rains likely to continue over Northeast India
From last few days, most districts of northeastern states of India are witnessing decent rains. Normally during Southwest Monsoon, the Northeast states receive exceptional rainfall. But this year, till now, East and Northeast India is one of the most rain deficient region.
Entire northeastern states at present are rainfall deficit except Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur. These are the only two states in the northeastern region that are enjoying normal Monsoon conditions.
On and off good rains are occurring over Mizoram, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam from past few days. However, these rains are not good enough to decrease the rainfall deficiency of northeast India.
Let’s have a look at the rains observed over the northeastern states during last 24 hours from 08:30 am on Wednesday:
The low pressure area which was over Gangetic West Bengal has shifted towards Jharkhand. Moreover, the southerly winds from Bay of Bengal are also reaching over northeast India.
This would in turn increase the moisture over the region and hence, few good showers are likely to continue over Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh for another 3-4 days.
Many areas are likely to receive moderate showers with possibility of heavy rains as well. However, NMMT (Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura) are expected to continue with slightly lesser rains. These states are likely to witness light to moderate rains.
The Northeast India is at present witnessing rainfall deficiency of 13%. Further, these light rains are not likely to apprehend much in the rainfall statistics.
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