A low pressure system from the southwest Bay of Bengal between 8-10 June, 1991 brought heavy and continuous rainfall over different parts of Maharashtra. This 3-day heavy rainspell over Maharashtra has been analysed t...A low pressure system from the southwest Bay of Bengal between 8-10 June, 1991 brought heavy and continuous rainfall over different parts of Maharashtra. This 3-day heavy rainspell over Maharashtra has been analysed toassess its magnitudes of point as well as areal rainfall. The analysis showed that there were 74 stations which received3-day total rainfall during 8-10 June exceeding their respective normal June rainfall. The areal raindepths obtainedfrom the rainstorm of June, 1991 have been compared with similar data of past severe rainstorms of the region whichshowed that June, 1991 rainstorm yielded higher magnitudes of raindepths upto certain size of areas. A relationshiphas also been developed between point to areal rainfall of this rainstorm for 1-3 day durations for obtaining arealraindepths.展开更多
文摘A low pressure system from the southwest Bay of Bengal between 8-10 June, 1991 brought heavy and continuous rainfall over different parts of Maharashtra. This 3-day heavy rainspell over Maharashtra has been analysed toassess its magnitudes of point as well as areal rainfall. The analysis showed that there were 74 stations which received3-day total rainfall during 8-10 June exceeding their respective normal June rainfall. The areal raindepths obtainedfrom the rainstorm of June, 1991 have been compared with similar data of past severe rainstorms of the region whichshowed that June, 1991 rainstorm yielded higher magnitudes of raindepths upto certain size of areas. A relationshiphas also been developed between point to areal rainfall of this rainstorm for 1-3 day durations for obtaining arealraindepths.
