Dimapur, May 14 (EMN): The Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA) is stated to have collated the pre-monsoon weather data sources from the department of Soil and Water Conservation and the NSDMA (AWS) data to arrive at the following conclusions:
- The pre-monsoon weather is attributed to the prevailing cyclonic circulation over West Bengal and adjoining region, which has been attracting humid winds from Bay of Bengal.
- As reiterated before, these pre-monsoon activities would only occur during late evening, night or early morning hours. April ended with less than satisfactory rains for most parts of Nagaland, but the month of May started on a rainy note. In fact, the state has been recording on and off rains (sic) ever since the beginning of the month. These showers were also accompanied with thunderstorms and lightning strikes.
- There is a significant amount of increase in the monthly rainfall for Nagaland ie from 77 mm in May, it increased to 150 mm in April. In fact, the capital city of Kohima has already recorded 121 mm of rain in a span of the first eight days in comparison to its monthly average rainfall of 165 mm
- On the 28th of May 2018, rain and thunderstorms are likely to drench the state. According to weather forecast the date will coincide with the onset of monsoon. The normal date of the onset of southwest monsoon will start on a timely note, thus pre-monsoon activities would pick up its pace by May 28th 2018.
- In this regard, the public (sic) are advised to stay safe and not make temporary huts for overnight halt or stay near riverbanks or under big trees to reduce risk from flash floods/cloudburst and lightning strikes.
