Monsoon advances across country 14 days early: IMD
NEW DELHI: Monsoon entered almost all parts of the country, except some areas of Uttar Pradesh, parts of Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat, within a span of 10 days and its progress is at least a fortnight in advance, according to scientists at the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).
Monsoon is normally expected to cover all parts of the country, except a small part of Rajasthan, by July 5. It advanced to most parts of Madhya Pradesh, entire Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar, most parts of east Uttar Pradesh and some parts of west Uttar Pradesh, entire Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-baltistan, Muzaffarabad and some parts of north Haryana, Chandigarh and north Punjab on Sunday.
It was in 2013 when the monsoon had last covered the entire country on June 13, as per dates analysed by O P Sreejith, head, climate monitoring and prediction group, IMD Pune.
The northern limit of monsoon (NLM) is passing through Diu, Surat, Nandurbar, Bhopal, Nowgong, Hamirpur, Barabanki, Bareilly, Saharanpur, Ambala and Amritsar. The conditions are favourable for further advance of southwest monsoon into most parts of Madhya Pradesh, remaining parts of east Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and some more parts of west Uttar Pramonsoon
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Gujarat
Punjab Haryana
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Goa
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Andhra Pradesh
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desh, Haryana and Punjab in the next 48 hours, the weather body has said.
There has been 25% excess rain over the country since June 1. Of the 36 subdivisions, 12 recorded ‘large excess’ rain (60% above normal), 10 recorded ‘excess’ (20% to 59%) and nine recorded ‘normal’ (-19% to 19%).
“In the last two to three days, pre-monsoon rain started occurring
Himachal Pradesh Uttarakhand
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Arunachal Pradesh Assam
Andaman &
Nicobar in parts of Punjab, Haryana and Delhi. Parts of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh reported heavy rain. Some parts of Uttar Pradesh also reported 10 to 12 cm rain. There is no western disturbance affecting the northwestern region now. This is only because of strong monsoon winds blowing over the region. The easterly winds have picked up, so the IMD has declared
onset over many parts of northwest India,” said R K Jenamani, senior scientist, National Weather Forecasting Centre. “Monsoon has been very active this year right from its onset. The westerly and southwesterly winds are very strong over the Arabian Sea and now a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal is pulling the monsoon flow. Both branches on the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal side are supporting the advancement of monsoon over the country, except in dry regions of Rajasthan and Gujarat,” Jenamani explained.
Monsoon’s progress over the entire country has advanced in recent years, according to IMD scientists. M Rajeevan, secretary, ministry of earth sciences, said: This year is exceptional because the monsoon has covered parts of central India very early. Monsoon has covered the entire country by June end in the past but this year, its trajectory is exceptional..”
Heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely over parts of northwest India during the next three days, over parts of east, central and west India during the next three to four days, over parts of northeast India during the next five days and over parts of south Peninsular India during the next four to five days.
Extremely heavy rain (over 20 cm) is also very likely over Konkan and Goa on June 14 and 15 and over coastal Karnataka and central Maharashtra on June 15.