Arunachal Pradesh to Witness Thunderstorms, Hailstorms on Dec 29-30
Similar conditions will impact Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim
ITANAGAR- According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya and Sikkim on Wednesday and Thursday, December 29-30, will be in for isolated thunderstorms, lightning and hailstorm. Similar conditions will impact Nagaland on Thursday. Dense fog is also expected to blanket these states until Friday, December 31.
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In view of these predictions, the IMD has issued a yellow watch over these states on Wednesday and Thursday, with the advisory urging their residents to ‘be aware’ of the local weather situation.
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These conditions will be caused by the combination of a western disturbance located over Pakistan and adjoining Jammu & Kashmir, a cyclonic circulation over central parts of Uttar Pradesh, and a trough running from southwest Madhya Pradesh to south Bihar across north Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand.
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These meteorological systems will be creating similar conditions over parts of Northwest, Central and East India during this year-end period as well.
Meanwhile, as for the mercury levels, the minimum temperatures over many parts of the Northeast are likely to remain 2-5°C above normal.
In fact, on Tuesday, December 28, the minimum as well as the maximum temperatures were recorded to be about 1.6°C to 3°C above normal in parts of Assam and Meghalaya.