Friday, June 8, 2012

Monsoon’s here


GANGTOK, 07 June: The Southwest Monsoon reached some parts of Sikkim on Wednesday and it is likely to cover the entire state in the coming couple of days. The advancement of the SW monsoon in the state brought rainfall in different parts of the state yesterday.
This year the SW Monsoon officially hit India through Kerala on 05 June and slowly advanced into different parts of the country. It is informed that on Wednesday the SW monsoon further advanced towards Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and some parts of Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim along with other parts of the country.
The Meteorologist In-charge at Gangtok Meteorological Centre, GN Raha, while speaking to NOW!, mentioned that the SW Monsoon reached some parts of Sikkim including Gangtok on Wednesday and is likely to cover the whole state in the next 2 to 3 days. He further added that the normal date for SW Monsoon to cover the whole state is 10 June.
The Gangtok Met Centre recorded 51 mm rainfall at Gangtok, 44 mm in Tadong, 7 mm in Mangan, 55 mm in Majhitar, 39 mm at Khanitar and 53 mm at Damthang.
The SW Monsoon period begins from 01 June to 30 September and July has traditionally the wettest month.

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