The weather forecast by Skymet Meteorology Division in India suggests continuation of pre-monsoon rain in Kerala and some parts of interior Karnataka during the next two to three days. It also shows continuation of rain in Northeast India.
Skymet Satellite image locates a trough along the coast of Kerala that brings southwesterly moist winds to continue the rain in Kerala and Karnataka, while interiors of southern peninsula will experience rain at some places due to a wind discontinuity that could extend up to madhya Maharashtra.
A cyclonic circulation over Assam is going to bring some more rain in the northeast region during the next two days. Skymet Meteorology Division in India also indicates toward an increase in rain in the northeast region from mid-week onward as remnants of Western Disturbance will reach the region to continue the same wind pattern. At the moment winds are southwesterly, which is ;likley to remain the same due to the weather systems. This will bring good weather to the region that had been experiencing record-breaking temperatures last week.
In the past 24 hours almost all the weather stations including Dibrugarh, Passighat, Shilong, Cherrapunji, Imphal and Kohima witnessed some rain. It is observed that Pre- Monsoon deficit rains over Northeast India get invariably carried forward and quite often are indicative of below normal rainfall in the Southwest monsoon season. Year 2014 seems no different from the previous years. The post winter rains, so far, over the region remain highly deficit.
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