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Dimapur, Feb. 2 (EMN): India Meteorological Department on Wednesday forecast rain over the Northeast region with widespread light/moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorm/lightning on Feb. 4 and the 5th.
It said that isolated heavy rainfall/snowfall is likely over Arunachal Pradesh and heavy rainfall over west Assam and Meghalaya on Feb. 4.
The wet spell forecast is due to the Western Disturbance (WD) and it's induced cyclonic circulation/low is ‘very likely to move east to northeast wards during subsequent two days, as a result there will be high moisture feeding from Bay of Bengal to East and adjoining Northeast India on Feb. 3 and the 4th due to confluence between westerlies and southeasterlies from the Bay of Bengal at lower tropospheric levels’, forecast IMD.
With some parts of Nagaland receiving snowfall this week, the state’s department of Soil and Water Conservation updated that on Wednesday Feb. 2, the maximum temperature was 12.4, the minimum was at 3.8 and the relative humidity was at 93%. In Dimapur the maximum temperature was 22.5, minimum was at 11.2 and the relative humidity was 88%.
In Tuensang, the maximum temperature was 11.2, minimum was 7 and the relative humidity was at 68%; Zunheboto's maximum temperature was 12.5, minimum was at 3.5 and relative humidity was 78%; Kiphire's maximum was at 17.4, minimum at 7.6 and relative humidity was 92%; in Jalukie the maximum temperature was 26, minimum was 9 and the relative humidity was 39%.
Mangkolemba's maximum temperature was 25 on Wed. while the minimum was 15 and relative humidity was 98%; Tseminyu district maximum temperature was at 15, minimum was 6.6 and relative humidity was at 83% Mokokchung's maximum was at 14, minimum was 8 and relative humidity was 77%. Sechü Zubza's maximum was reported to be 17, minimum at 5.5 and relative humidity was 72%; the maximum temperature in Wokha was 11.6, minimum at 5.8 and the relative humidity was at 65%; and Phek district maximum temperature was 12, minimum was at 5 and relative humidity was at 97%.