Friday, July 27, 2007

Getting seriously into a troubled monsoon 2007 for Nepal: Rainfall Prediction July 26- Aug 2, 2007

Once agaiin the news is that Nepal is getting serious monsoon rains , find below the image updates from NOAA CPC for July 26-Aug 2, 2007.
Thanks to NOAA Climate Prediction Center for their valuable images. The text that follows are interpretations made based on the data.

Rainfall over Nepal: a synopsis

Image 1: Rainfall prediction for South Asia, subset of Image 2 below

Continuing from July 26, 2007 post: There is new image depicting heavier rain (>150mm) spread to about 60% of the land area of Nepal, as compared to only 5% in yesterdays. Many houses are submerged in Bardia and other Terai districts. Expect increase in such reports to more areas in Terai, especially the low lying areas of the Terai. This is getting seriously into a troubled monsoon for Nepal.

Rainfall over Bangladesh & India:

The rainfal volume is increasing in Bangladesh, continuing yesterday's post - more flooded land in Bangladesh.

There is similar pattern over the north,northeast India. The western ghats of India is maximum rains constantly for last couple of days. Expect heavy monsoon choking in several places there.


Image 2: Rainfall prediction for Asia

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