Rainfall expected in Nagaland, other north-east states— IMD

DIMAPUR — Nagaland and other north-eastern states are likely to experience scattered to fairly widespread moderate rainfall with isolated thunderstorms and lighting over the week, according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday.

“Scattered to fairly widespread moderate rainfall with isolated thunderstorms and lightning very likely over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim during March 19-25, 2024”, the IMD stated in a report.

District-wise data for the state of Nagaland indicated the likelihood of isolated rainfall in Peren, Dimapur, Kohima, Phek, Longleng, Mon and Tuensang districts on March 20.

On March 21, there will be likely isolated rainfall in Peren, Kiphire, Mon and Tuensang districts and scattered rainfall likely in Dimapur, Kohima and Phek districts, with similar weather conditions continuing till the next day.

The districts of Peren, Kiphire, Longleng, Mon and Tuensang will likely experience isolated rainfall from March 23 and the 24th, while Dimapur, Kohim and Phek districts are expected to receive scattered rainfall, as per the IMD report.

The department also warned that thunderstorm and lightning very likely to occur at isolated places over Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura during this week.

Maximum temperatures are below normal by 2-3°C over many parts of the country except over some parts of Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Northeast India, south peninsular India and Saurashtra and Kutch, where these are near normal, it said.