Highest number of ‘extreme’ rain events during 2024 monsoon: Report

In the monsoon play gone by, the fig of days affected by debased unit systems remained supra the climatological normal, which is 1 of the main reasons for ‘above’ mean seasonal rainfall.

” During the past 5 to six year, upwind systems person been travelling done Central India, which utilized to travel the northward trend. The longevity of monsoon systems has accrued due to the fact that of back-to-back systems. These systems led to the saturation of ungraded moisture,” said KJ Ramesh, erstwhile manager general, India Meteorological Department (IMD).

The rainfall distribution, too, remained mostly uneven during the play with 167 districts reporting rainfall shortage and 340 districts experiencing mean rainfall.

Global warming and its expanding interaction caused by anthropogenic activities, too, person been linked to the erratic rainfall.

According to Akshay Deoras, Research Scientist, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, UK, the monsoon is adaptable nether clime alteration scenarios. ” A wide nexus with clime alteration is that erstwhile conditions are favourable for rain, the chances of aggravated rainfall are more. Longer adust spells and periods of aggravated rainfall are likely.”

Even though India recorded 108 per cent of the Long Period Average oregon ‘above’ mean rainfall this season, the nighttime temperatures remained appreciably warm, the study said.

The mean nighttime temperatures recorded during the play implicit eastbound and northeast India and northwest India remained the warmest and 2nd highest, respectively, the study said.