Early monsoon put smiles on faces of Nepali farmers
ANI
04 Jun 2021, 13:18 GMT+10
Bhaktapur [Nepal], June 4 (ANI): Terraces on slopes of Changunarayan Hill echoed with chattering of farmers in a melody as they plant paddy saplings made favourable by the pre-monsoon climatic effect.
Activation of pre-monsoon climatic effect has put a smile on their face as they got to plant their crops early. While carrying out their annual routine of cultivation, they celebrate the time singing and splashing muddy water on each other in joy.
Amid COVID-19 pandemic, induced lockdown, early rainfall has ensured the availability of water in slopes in the outskirts of Kathmandu, farmers this year are enthralled and excited than in earlier years.
La Nina crumbling, says Australian Met
March 02, 2021
‘Neutral’ conditions seen during March-May
The 2020–21 La Nina event in the tropical Equatorial East Pacific has passed its peak and is now weakening, an update from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Climate model outlooks indicate the Equatorial Pacific will return to ‘neutral’ (neither LaNina nor El Nino) conditions during March to May.
The tropical Pacific Ocean sea surface temperatures are currently close to the La Nina threshold. But atmospheric indicators clearly remain at La Nina levels. Waters beneath the surface remain cooler than average, but the strength of cool anomalies has begun to ease, the Bureau said, analysing conditions.
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Ralph measures rain by the metre on NSW coast as BoM Climate Summary tells tale of vastly different years
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Storm clouds gather over Ralph Clissold s Mount Seaview property, which saw the most rainfall of any of the Bureau of Meteorology s NSW weather stations in 2020.
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Ralph Clissold is used to rain. Since December 10 there s been only one day without it on his Mount Seaview property west of Port Macquarie on the NSW Mid North Coast.
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Mount Seaview, west of Port Macquarie, was the wettest place in NSW in 2020, with 3,370.8mm of rain