The southwest monsoon today hit Delhi, a day ahead of its earlier forecast, and has almost covered all parts of the country except parts of Rajasthan and western Punjab.
Though the initial forecast by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) had fixed June 29 as the date when monsoon would reach Delhi, it later updated it with July 2 to July 3.
Today it officially stated that ‘monsoon has arrived over Delhi’ and deflected criticisms over the inconsistencies in its forecasts.
‘We do not give long range forecast for a part, State or station, but this year for the country as a whole we have said that this year monsoon will be normal,’ said B P Yadav.
The weather experts have termed the advance of monsoon this year as normal.
As of date, a low pressure depression has formed over northwest Bay of Bengal off the coast of Orissa, which is likely to intensify further.
Under its influence, enhanced rainfall activity with scattered heavy to very heavy falls and isolated extremely heavy falls is likely to place over Orissa, north Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
The annual monsoon rains lashed Kerala, on May 28, four days ahead of the normal date of June 1.
Monsoon rains had arrived over the South Andaman Sea on May 10.
There is on average a gap of two weeks between the monsoon’s arrival there and the breaking of another branch over Kerala. Different atmospheric conditions determine the progress of the two systems.
The IMD had earlier said that they expected 95 per cent of the normal rainfall.
The monsoon weather phenomenon usually covers the entire country by mid-July, and provides the main source of water for agriculture, which generates more than a fifth of GDP.
Posted By Staff Reporter: Gurgaon City News
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