GUWAHATI: Exactly a month after mercury levels shot up to uncomfortable levels, yet another low pressure area formation over the Bay of Bengal has pushed up temperatures in the Northeast.
On Sunday, Sohra recorded a maximum temperature of 30.3 degrees Celsius, which was above 7.2 degrees above normal while Guwahati recorded a maximum of 37.6 degrees Celsius, which was 5.4 degrees above normal. Shillong recorded 28.2 degrees Celsius, which was 4.1 degrees above normal and Itanagar recorded 38.2 degrees Celsius.
Sources in the Regional Meteorological Centre at Borjhar, near Guwahati, said that the disruption in rainfall activity has been caused by low pressure area formation which has cut off moisture to the Northeast.
“Moisture supply from Bay of Bengal through south and south-westerly winds over the region has been suppressed and weak due to formation of a low pressure area over north-western Bay of Bengal and its neighbourhood. Also the position of monsoon trough is little to the south of its normal position. These are fundamentally responsible for the suppressed monsoon activity over the region,” Sunit Das, scientist at the Regional Meteorological Centre told The Shillong Times on Sunday.
“Clear sky condition and suppressed monsoon conditions due to such synoptic situations lead to rise in temperatures in the region. But we are expecting light to moderate rain/thunderstorms activities in the region within 24 hours, which will result in fall in temperatures,” Das said.
Humidity levels were quite high throughout the day here adding to the discomfort level as most people stayed indoors on Saturday and Sunday afternoon.
Meanwhile, the Met Department has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in Meghalaya, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura on Wednesday.
Heavy to very heavy rainfall over isolated places in the Northeastern states is also being predicted on Friday and Saturday, the weather office said on Sunday.
