Dimapur, April 9 (MExN): The Northeastern states of the country have been recording on and off pre-monsoon rains for the past few days. These pre-monsoon showers were accompanied by squall and lightning strikes. A comparison of the rainfall spread among states in the Northeast shows that Assam received much of the rain. According to Skymet Weather, in the last 24 hours, from 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, Kailashahar recorded moderate rains to the tune of 27.2 mm, Lengpui 22 mm, Imphal 19 mm, Kohima 9 mm, Golaghat 5 mm, Cherrapunji 2 mm, Dhubri 1 mm and Pasighat recorded some traces of rains. As per Skymet Weather, a trough from West Rajasthan is extending up to West Assam across Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal. Moreover, a cyclonic circulation is also seen over West Bengal and adjoining Bangladesh. In addition to this, the humid winds from the Bay of Bengal are also feeding moisture over the northeastern states of the country. Therefore, on and off rain and thundershowers is expected to continue over the sister states until April 12. In fact, light to moderate rain and thundershowers with squally winds are expected at isolated parts over Dimapur, Kohima, Longleng, Mokokchung, Peren, Mon, Wokha, Zunheboto, Kiphire, Phek, and Tuensang districts of Nagaland in the next four days as well. Thereafter, though the intensity of these rains would reduce, the weather would still not become completely dry. During pre-monsoon, localized weather systems normally develop which gives isolated rain activities for short duration.
