Downpours this week lower deficient rainfall gap in Assam, Meghalaya
Staff Reporter
Guwahati: Marking a departure from the deficient rainfall in the past few weeks over Assam and Northeast in the pre-monsoon season, more rainfall above the normal was recorded this week in Assam and Meghalaya. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has now forecast more rainfall in the next five days in the NE states, starting May 14.
In the week ending today, Assam received an excess rainfall of 26% and Meghalaya 49% above the normal. According to IMD, Assam recorded a rainfall of 72.2 mm in the week, against the normal rainfall of 57.2 mm. The neighbouring state of Meghalaya, in this period, recorded 111.9 mm of rainfall, as compared to the normal rainfall of 75 mm.
However, in the pre-monsoon season starting March 1, 2025, Assam and Meghalaya have recorded deficit rainfall to date.
According to IMD, the prevailing weather condition is stated as, “The upper air cyclonic circulation over Northeast Assam & neighbourhood extending up to 1.5 km above mean sea level persists.”
The forecast by IMD says there will be “fairly widespread to widespread light/moderate rainfall accompanied with thunderstorms, lightning & gusty wind speeds of 30-50 km/h likely over Northeast India during next 5 days.”
IMD has also predicted “Isolated heavy rainfall over Arunachal Pradesh during May 15-18 and on 17 & 18; and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura on 14 & 15 with isolated very heavy rainfall over Assam & Meghalaya on May 15 & 16.”
According to the forecast for May 15:
i) Thunderstorm & Lightning accompanied with gusty winds reaching up to 40-50 km/h are very likely to occur at isolated places over Assam, Meghalaya & Tripura; (ii) Thunderstorm & Lightning accompanied with gusty winds reaching up to 30-40 km/h are very likely to occur at isolated places over Manipur; (iii) Thunderstorm & Lightning are very likely to occur at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland & Mizoram; (iv) Heavy to Very Heavy rain is very likely to occur at isolated places over Assam & Meghalaya; (v) Heavy rain is very likely to occur at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh & Tripura.
The IMD report further said that, in Assam, Majuli received the highest rainfall of 20 cm, followed by Dhubri with 14 cm of rainfall in the past 24 hours, until 8.30 am on May 14. The highest rainfall in NE was recorded in Mynkre in Meghalaya, with 29 cm of rainfall in the same period.
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