India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday predicted rainfall and thunderstorm till August 31 in various states including the North East.
IMD has predicted light/moderate rainfall/thunderstorm and lightning with isolated heavy rainfall over northeast during the next 4-5 days. Heavy rainfall is also very likely to prevail over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya on August 28. Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura are likely to witness similar weather conditions on August 29-31.
This has been attributed to the influence of a cyclonic circulation over west Assam at lower tropospheric levels, coupled with the western end of the monsoon trough aligning along the Himalayan foothills.
There has been a 7% deficiency in monsoon rain since June 1, with a 17% deficiency over east and northeast India, 16% over the South Peninsula, 6% over Central India and 8% excess over northwest India. In contrast, July ended with a 5% surplus of rain.
“Monsoon is unlikely to revive immediately. In fact, it will remain concentrated over the eastern Himalayas. For the next two days, it will be over the Western Himalayas,” said Mahesh Palawat, vice president, climate and meteorology, Skymet Weather.