Weather Update, Aug 30: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a weather update predicting heavy rainfall in several regions across India, including Arunachal Pradesh, until September 2nd.
According to the IMD, heavy rains are expected to persist over the Andaman-Nicobar Islands, Northeast India, and extreme south Peninsular India for the next four days, up to September 2nd. Additionally, heavy rainfall is forecasted for various parts of Andhra Pradesh during the same period.
Stella Samuel, the Director of the Amaravati Meteorological Centre, mentioned that the lower tropospheric North-Westerly winds will prevail over Andhra Pradesh and Yanam (Puducherry), with a trough extending from South Interior Karnataka to the Comorin area across Interior Tamil Nadu at 0.9 km above mean sea level.
While light to moderate rainfall is expected on August 30th and 31st, the temperature is anticipated to be 3-5 degrees Celsius above normal on August 30th. Additionally, thunderstorms accompanied by lightning are forecasted for isolated areas of NCAP, Yanam, SCAP, and Rayalaseema over the weekend.
The IMD has further predicted isolated heavy rainfall in Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim on August 29th and 31st, as well as in Odisha on September 2nd. Very heavy rainfall is expected in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands on August 29th, 1st, and 2nd of September.
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IMD data reveals that from June 1st to August 28th, East and Northeast India experienced rainfall 8 percent higher than the long-term period average (LPA), narrowing the deficiency gap to 15 percent. While June and July witnessed deficient rainfall in certain areas like East Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal, August has witnessed a turnaround in precipitation levels.
On the other hand, South Peninsula and Central India have continued to experience lower-than-normal rainfall throughout the four-month monsoon season, with August alone showing a deficiency of 62 percent and 42 percent in these regions, respectively. Overall, India has seen a 32 percent deficient rainfall in August and a 7 percent shortfall compared to the LPA from June 1st to August 28.
