Rainy Kathmandu

Well, Raining is quite cool and feels awesome. But continuous raining is not so good i think. Well in case of Kathmandu it is quite hard to predict whether it is going to rain or getting to be sunny. Funny isn't it?? well this is the case. A man from homes come out thinking that its quite hot today and on the way he gets wet by the rain. Continuous rain in Kathmandu makes people disturbed and feel bad. Its not just rain its the indicator towards destruction i.e weather disorder. Here is news report related to this:

KATHMANDU, JUN 30

This month of June, the sky of Kathmandu has rain gods smiling all over it. This is the wettest month of June recorded in the valley for the past three years. Even though the month is yet to be over and the cumulative rainfall needs addition after the month ends, this month until Wednesday has far exceeded the amount of rain received in the same period in the year 2009 and 2010.

The total rainfall received in the valley in this month till Wednesday was 284 mm (millimetre) compared to 142.1 mm for June 2010 and 126.4 mm for the same period in 2009. The highest record for a single day this month is 40.8 mm of rainfall on 16th of June.

Meteorologists attribute this surge in rainfall to the early arrival of monsoon to some extent. While the monsoon started on June 17 last year, the arrival of monsoon was a couple of days earlier on 15th of June this year. Officials at the Meteorological Forecasting Division (MFD) say that surge in rainfall is not unexpected. “This is in fact the normal level of rainfall expected in the Valley for this period,” says Rajendra Shrestha, senior meteorologist at MFD. “The normal rainfall in the valley for this month is expected at 262.6 mm. Last year the rainfall was far less than expected. This year it is back to its normal,” added Shrestha.

The amount of rainfall received during a given month of a rainy season may vary yearly and no adjacent year will have identical rainfall patterns, say the experts. “The typhoons across the Pacific ocean, the natural developments at the Arabian sea and the Bay of Bengal all have a direct impact on the rainfall patterns here in Nepal. This year the early arrival of monsoon also contributed to the surge in rainfall but the overall rainfall received is dependent on various weather phenomena” adds Shrestha.

While the month of June is receiving rainfall in abundance, the month of May on the other hand had received lesser rain this year compared to the previous two. This May the valley received 117.4 mm of rainfall against the expected level at 116 mm. Last year, the month of May had received 145.4 mm, while total rainfall in May 2009 was recorded at 126.4 mm. The monsoon that arrived in mid-June is expected to last up to Sept-Oct, later this year.