There is still suspicion on the amount of rainfall received at Leh during Friday as there are no Indian Meteorological Department's Weather Office to record the data from rain and also on the rain rate which has been the most important
The rain rate as mentioned by an unknown source (possibly by IAF) is 48.26mm or 1.9" rain in 1 minute in Leh. I conveyed this information to USA's The Weather Channel, Dr. Greg Forbes on facebook. Dr Greg, discussed on World's record breaking rain rates and showed some videos of Leh flash flood. As it is still not confirmed, TWC mentioned a question mark infront of Leh 1.9" rain after I reported them
The entire article can be seen here
The IMD is saying that it must have rained about 100mm/hr in leh which also c'd have triggered rains but if one sees the damage and listen the eyewitness interviews, things don't seem so
I still believe that the cloudburst has been a solid one as Leh sees 90mm rain/year and no thing big possible when it rains on a single day in an hour
EYEWITNESS INTERVIEWS
THE EYEWITNESS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A STRONG WATER WAVE OF 15FT APX OVER LEH JUST AFTER THE CLOUDBURST. AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE CLOUDBURST HAPPENED AT KHARDUNGLA PASS WHICH IS AT 18300FT AND LEH IS JUST 11000 FT. SO WATER WITH MUD MUST HAVE FALLEN FROM THAT PEAK AND RESULTING IN SUCH CONDITIONS
I AM TRYING TO FIND AN OFFICIAL DATA BUT SEEMS WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE SINCE "BELOVED IMD" HAS SET UP NO RADAR OTHER THAN FEW CITIES
ALSO ON THE WEATHER CHANNEL, A PROG WAS FEATURED LAST NIGHT AFTER METD WEATHER PROVIDED THE INFORMATION
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