RAIN which fell in Yangon last Friday would
be followed by more isolated showers over the next two weeks, the
deputy director general of the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology
said.
U Tun Lwin said the fall of 1.3 inches (about 33 millimetres)
had brought the total rain recorded in Yangon since the start
of the year to 1.49 inches (38 mm).
There were also heavy falls in other parts of the country last
Friday. Yamethin in Mandalay Division recorded 1.81 inches and
1.57 inches fell at Hmawbi in Yangon Division and Aung Lan in
Ayerwarddy Division.
U Tun Lwin said the falls had occurred because temperatures in
central Myanmar were rising while those in the lower part of the
country were falling and a northwesterly wind from the Bay of
Bengal had brought the rain.
