Weather Update: IMD said Monsoon will start after 4 days

Indian Meteorological Department said that monsoon anticipating a further delay of three to four days. The monsoon missed its onset date in Kerala on Sunday. The southwest monsoon normally sets in over Kerala on June 1 with a standard deviation of about seven days. Weather Update: IMD said Monsoon will start after 4 days.

IMD said that “Conditions (are) becoming favourable with the increase in westerly winds over the south Arabian Sea. Also, the depth of westerly winds is gradually increasing and today, June 4, the depth of westerly has reached up to 2.1 kilometres above the mean sea level,”

As per IMD’s logs, the southwest monsoon normally sets in over the state on June 1. It shows a standard deviation of about seven days. In mid-May, Met department had said the rains might arrive in Kerala by June 4 this year.

The cloud mass over the southeast Arabian Sea is increasing, IMD said. It said it expected favourable conditions over Kerala to further develop in the next three-four days. Further updates will be given on Monday, it added. Scientists, meanwhile, said they didn’t expect the monsoon delay to hit kharif sowing and total rainfall this year.

Also Read: Odisha Train Accident: Train services resumed in Balasore

Last year, the rains had arrived in the state on May 29. It was June 3 in 2021, June 1 in 2020, June 8 in 2019 and May 29 in 2018. Earlier this year, the IMD had said India would likely get normal rainfall during the southwest monsoon season despite the developing El Nino conditions.

Also Read: Karnataka Power Shock: Electricity price increase from July 1