Monsoon arrives in Kerala 2 days late
New Delhi: The southwest monsoon hit the coast of Kerala on Thursday, two days behind its schedule, the India Meteorological Department said. According to the latest forecast, Kerala, Mahe and Lakshadweep will receive heavy rainfall till June 5.
New Delhi, June 3: After a delay of two days, the southwest monsoon made an onset over Kerala on Thursday, marking the commencement of the four-month rainfall season in the country, the India meteorological department (IMD) said.
The southwest monsoon has made an onset over southern parts of Kerala, said IMD director-general Mrutunjay Mohapatra
The normal onset date for southwest monsoon over Kerala is June 1
The southwest monsoon is likely to advance into remaining parts of south Arabian Sea and some parts of central Arabian Sea, remaining parts of Kerala, Lakshadweep, some parts of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, coastal and south interior Karnataka, Rayalaseema, and south and central Bay of Bengal during the next two days, the IMD said.
This is the third time in the last six years that monsoon arrived late. In 2016 and 2019, Southwest Monsoon made an onset over Kerala on June 8.
The IMD had earlier forecast that monsoon would make an onset over Kerala around May 31.
Skymet, a private weather forecasting station, said southwest monsoon made an onset over Kerala on May 30. However, the IMD said conditions were not ripe for declaring the onset of monsoon.
The southwest monsoon is likely to be normal in north and south India, above-normal in central India and below-normal in east and northeast India, the met office had said.
Most parts of the country are expected to receive normal to above normal rainfall during the season, the IMD said. However, there are some regions in east and northeast India like eastern parts of Bihar, some parts of West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, adjoining Himachal Pradesh, southwest peninsular India, specifically some parts of Kerala, coastal Karnataka and parts of interior Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu where the probability of below normal activity is predicted.