During the Southwest Monsoon season, the Northeast India region witnesses good Monsoon rains. However, this season, the region has not recorded prolonged spells of heavy Monsoon rains.
In fact, the state of Northeast India is one of the most rain deficient pockets in the country. Almost all pockets have been witnessing deficiency in terms of rain. While the NMMT region is 23 percent, conditions are slightly better in Arunachal Pradesh with 16 percent rain deficiency. The state of Assam and Meghalaya are highly rain deficient by 35 percent.
However, the last 24 to 48 hours have been good in terms of Monsoon rains for the region. In fact, the rainfall intensity has been higher during the past 24 hours as compared to the day before. Almost entire Northeast India has witnessed good Monsoon rains with isolated very heavy spells.
In a span of 24 hours from 8:30 am on Thursday, Pasighat recorded a whopping 265 mm of rain. Also, torrential rains of 296 mm was observed in Cherrapunji. Other areas to have received good showers include Itanagar 35 mm, Mangan 33.4 mm, Agartala 17.6 mm, and Shillong 24.1 mm.
These rains can be attributed to the northward movement of the eastern arm of the axis of the Monsoon trough. Currently, the axis is running up to Nagaland which is why rain intensity has increased over the region.
Now, during the next 3 to 4 days, Monsoon rains are likely to continue over Northeast India. The intensity will range between moderate to heavy. The possibility of a few very heavy spells over isolated pockets also cannot be ruled out.
Image Credit: north-eastindia.com
Please Note: Any information picked from here must be attributed to skymetweather.com
