After heavy monsoon rain in West Bengal and Northeast India for the fourth consecutive day on 21st June, rain is likely to reduce in the next 48 hours, according to Skymet Meteorology Division in India.
Till now, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and entire Northeast India had been witnessing cloudy and rainy weather with maximums slipping four to six notches below normal and recording in the range of 28⁰C to 32⁰C, on an average.
On Saturday fairly widespread rain was witnessed in East and Northeast India and the rain amounts settled between 30 mm to a whopping 300 mm. Here’s a look:
Balasore 14 mm, Tezpur 23 mm, Krishnanagar 25 mm, Bardhaman 34 mm, Shillong 35 mm, Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling 43 mm, Purnea 45 mm, Guwahati 82 mm, Sriniketan 87 mm and Cherrapunji 384 mm.
According to the latest weather update, moderate spells with heavy rain in isolated pockets may continue in East and Northeast India for another two days and then it may reduce gradually thereafter. However despite heavy monsoon rain for past so many days, the entire region is suffering a rain deficit of about 40% (till 21st June).
This is because monsoon rain picked only in the later part of June, i.e. after half the month was over, which is a starck contrast to last year’s situation when Southwest Monsoon had covered the entire country by 17th June
“The monsoon line (Northern Limit of Monsoon) has been stagnant for the last two days but it looks like it may cover parts of central and west Uttar Pradesh in the next three to four days. Monsoon made a late entry in East India (by about a week), but may reach Delhi and northern plains before time”, says meteorologist Mahesh Palawat.
