Monsoon may see more delay, to make onset over Kerala on June 7: IMD
India | Jun 04, 2019, 09:08 PM ISTThe onset of monsoon could be delayed further by a day to June 7, the India Meteorological Department said Tuesday.
The onset of monsoon could be delayed further by a day to June 7, the India Meteorological Department said Tuesday.
“At present Monsoon has covered some extreme southern part of Arabian Sea and parts of southwest-southeast-east central Bay of Bengal, Andaman Sea and Andaman Nicobar islands. In the next 2-3 days it'll cover more parts of Arabian Sea,” said Mohapatra.
The southwest monsoon is going to hit Kerala on June 6, about five days after the normal date of arrival in mainland India, and it is expected to be sluggish in its progression, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday.
The monsoon will hit the Kerala coast on June 6, five days after its normal onset date, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday.
Monsoon will hit Kerala on June 4 with a variation of two days but this year it is is likely to be "below normal", private forecaster Skymet said on Tuesday.
The predictions assume significance in the wake of the Water Resources Ministry data, released on Thursday, which shows that the storage levels in 91 major reservoirs across the country have declined by one per cent.
Monsoon is likely to be 96 per cent of the long period average (LPA), a senior official of the IMD said.
Skymet CEO Jatin Singh attributed the El Nino phenomenon as the reason behind a possible below normal rainfall.
El Nino is a climate cycle formed in the Pacific Ocean with an impact on weather patterns across the globe. The cycle begins when warm water in the western tropical Pacific Ocean shifts eastward along the equator towards the coast of South America.
These radars will be set up at Kufri in Shimla district, Dalhousie in Chamba district and Kullu, IMD Additional Director General Devendra Pradhan said.
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