Southwest Monsoon had completely covered Northeastern states along with adjoining Sub Himalayan West Bengal by the 9th of June but rain was kind of subdued in last one week. However, in the last 24 hours, rainfall has picked up in Northeast India, here’s a look…
In Assam Dibrugarh received 71 mm of rain, North Lakhimpur 69 mm, Guwahati 76 mm, Barpeta 25 mm, Tejpur has received 14 mm and Silchar 4 mm.
Rain in other places of Northeast India and adjoining Sub Himalayan West Bengal- Passighat received 8.4 mm, Cherrapunji 101 mm, Imphal 32 mm, Darjeeling 27 mm, Gangtok 15 mm.
The low pressure area over Bangladesh has moved further westward and at present lies over West Bengal and adjoining region. This increase in Monsoon rain over East and Northeast India could be attributed to the trough running from Punjab to northwest Bay of Bengal across east Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and the low pressure area.
According to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, the weather system will continue to bring widespread good amounts of Monsoon rain over Northeast India, Gangetic plains, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, east Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh with few very heavy spells over Sub Himalayan West Bengal.
Northeast India is a weather sensitive pocket and is specially known for deluge on account of incessant rains. But in the recent past, the region has been observing below normal rainfall, both in pre-monsoon and Southwest Monsoon season, albeit with few exceptions.
Since Northeast India witnesses heavy downpour during the Monsoon months, these places generally have the capacity to absorb any small deficiency. Monthly average rainfall during Monsoon in India even runs into four digits due to its mountainous terrain with varying heights from valleys to high hills.
