Heavy to extremely heavy rainfall has been lashing several parts of Northeast India, especially Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya.
In a span of 24 hours from 8:30 am on Tuesday, Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh has recorded a whopping 230 mm of rain. Cherrapunji in Meghalaya received 117.4 mm during the same period.
According to Skymet Meteorology Division in India, eastern end of Monsoon trough is passing close to the foothills. Besides this, a cyclonic circulation is prevailing over Bihar and its adjoining areas.
Both the systems combined together are influencing the Monsoon surge over the region, causing good weather activity over the Northeastern states.
Skymet forecasts good rainfall with varying intensity to continue over the region for next 48 hours. Thereafter, Monsoon rains will become light to moderate in view of the wind pattern changing due to a fresh system brewing in the North Bay of Bengal.
The northeast region had been witnessing weak Monsoon conditions for the past few days. As on July 14, rainfall in the sub division of Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura (NMMT) was deficient by 31 per cent. While, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya just observed normal rain.
This year, Monsoon rains over Northeast India have been on the lower side as compared to its usual rainfall amounts. According to Skymet, two successive weather systems in North Bay of Bengal restricted the moisture inflow over the northeastern states, resulting in less showers.
Let us have a look at the rainfall figures across the Northeastern states in span of 24 hours from 8:30 am on Tuesday.
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