IMD expects heavy rains to continue in northeast, south India till Saturday
New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast persistent heavy rainfall in northeast India and the extreme South Peninsula, even as concerns grow over the uneven spatial distribution of this year's monsoon, meteorologists said. Heavy isolated rainfall is likely over Arunachal Pradesh today; in Assam and Meghalaya from Thursday to Saturday and over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura for the next five days.
As far as precipitation in eastern India is concerned, the met department expects light to moderate widespread rainfall or thunderstorm and lightning with isolated heavy rainfall over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim on today and on Thursday and over Odisha on Saturday. Light or moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds of 30-40 gusting to 50 kmph may cover Andaman & Nicobar Islands from Tuesday to Saturday.
“Although rainfall is expected in east and northeast India for the remaining three days of the month, it may not make up the gap significantly. August spatial distribution in East and Northeast India is expected to close with 6% excessive precipitation," said Vineet Kumar Singh, a research scientist at Typhoon Research Centre of Jeju National University in South Korea and a former IMD scientist.
According to IMD data, from 1 June to 28 August, East and Northeast India recorded rains 8% higher than the long-term period average (LPA), reducing the deficiency gap to 15%. Despite a deficient June and July, with patches of 45-50% less rainfall in states like East Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal, August has seen a turnaround in precipitation levels.
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