The Western Disturbance which had turned the weather rainy and snowy in the hills of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh for a week has moved east-northeastwards, giving good amounts of rain in Northeast India.
In the last 24 hours, parts of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya received scattered light rain with moderate showers in pockets. In Assam Dibrugarh received 5.4 mm of rain, whereas north Lakhimpur recorded moderate rain of 17.2 mm. On the other hand Passighat in Arunachal Pradesh received the maximum amount of rainfall, of over 25 mm in just 24 hours.
However, before the weather system (Western Disturbance) moved away towards Northeast India, it brought rain and snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. Here are some of the rain/snow figures. Banihal -12.4 mm, Batote – 8.2 mm, Gulmarg – 0.4 mm, Pahalgam – 9.8 mm, Katra – 0.8 mm, Leh – traces of rain, Qazigund – 9.4 mm, Chamba – 3 mm, Kullu – 3 mm and Manali – 1 mm.
Currently, the weather in the hills of North India has turned dry but in Northeast India the weather is expected to remain rainy for another 24 hours. The Western Disturbance may become insignificant thereafter, leading to dry weather in Northeast India, once again.
In the absence of rain, maximum temperatures in Northeast India had been settling 3 to 5 degrees above the normal average. But with a fresh spell of rain, day temperatures dropped significantly and people heaved a sigh of relief. The maximums temperature on 8th February in Dibrugarh settled at 17.2⁰C (6 degrees below the normal average). Passighat was 15.9⁰C. (7 degrees below the normal average).
As the weather becomes dry, maximums in these cities of Northeast India will again start to settle around 23⁰C.
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