Rain pattern puzzles IMD: Despite deluge, there is a deficit

Mysore | Friday | 13th July, 2018

Summary:

Only a few areas of the rain-affected districts are receiving heavy rainfall, while the remaining areas still face rain shortage. For example, in the past 10 days, Charmadi Ghat region, including Mudigere, Kottigehara and Banakal areas have not received heavy rainfall. If you analyze the rain data of the past 100 years, there isn’t much difference in actual rainfall. It is normal rainfall, according to our analysis,” he said.“Extreme weather conditions like heavy rain for a day and a break for the next few days/weeks are the impact of climate change. So this heavy rainfall is not reflecting in the weekly data published by the Indian Meteorological Department ( IMD ).According to the data released by IMD, in this period (between June 1 and July 4), actual rainfall in Chamarajanagar district is -45%, compared to normal rainfall..