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Shillong: Meghalaya faces more rain and thundershowers this Thursday, November 12. This follows a brutal day of hailstorms and heavy downpours that hammered local crops on Wednesday. The India Meteorological Department warns of shallow to moderate fog settling in across parts of the state.
The current weather patterns stem from an upper air cyclonic circulation sitting over central Assam. A second system hangs over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim. A trough reaching toward the northwest Bay of Bengal drives these conditions across the region.
Regional rainfall totals show Budhjongnagar in Tripura leading the pack with 4 cm. Meghalaya spots including Khatar Laitkroh and Jowai each saw 2 cm of rain. Officials are still checking the fields to see how bad the harvest damage truly is. One official noted that the "hailstorms and heavy rainfall reported on Wednesday affected agricultural produce in certain areas," though they cannot yet put a price tag on the destruction.
Isolated light rain and thundershowers remain in the forecast for Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura on Thursday. Relief is coming. Dry weather will likely return to Meghalaya on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
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