Weather News and Analysis

Skymet Weather Team

Good showers have been lashing several parts of Northeast India for quite some time now. While Cherrapunji has already received record breaking rain, it was Shillong and Guwahati’s turn to break a few records.

In a span of 24 hours, Shillong in Meghalaya recorded 39. 5 mm of rain, which happens to be the highest rainfall in a decade.

Similarly, Guwahati in Assam also received a whopping 47 mm of rain, which is the highest of the season.

Cherrapunji, which is notorious of receiving heavy rains also recorded an excellent 137 mm of rain during the same period.

Several other areas in Northeast India have received good showers during the last 24 hours. Some of them include Silchar where 44.5 mm of rain was recorded, Tinsukia 41 mm, Gaolpara 36 mm, Dibrugarh 27.7 mm, Imphal 20.8 mm, Dhubri 16.3 mm, Kohima 8.2 mm, and Gangtok 2.4 mm.

These rains can be attributed to a cyclonic circulation which is presently over East Bihar, Jharkhand and adjoining West Bengal. Also, a trough is extending from this system from Nagaland, up to Jharkhand.

Moreover, moisture incursion is taking place from North Bay of Bengal in the form of humid south-westerly winds which have been adding to the rains in Northeast India.

These weather conditions are likely to remain the same for at least another 48 hours. During this period, heavy showers will occur over several parts of Northeast India which may break more rainfall records.

So far, Cherrapunji has already received 1105.9 mm of rain in the month of April and with 13 days left it might as well break the five-year-old rainfall record of 1223 mm.

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