Monsoon likely to reach Delhi by June 15, 12 days ahead of schedule.
The southwest monsoon is likely to reach Delhi by June 15, 12 days earlier than its regular date of June 27, India Meteorological Department (IMD) officers stated on Friday.
In 2008, too, the wind system had reached Delhi on June 15, stated Kuldeep Srivastava, head of the IMD’s regional forecasting centre.
“Conditions are favourable for an early onset. It (monsoon) may reach Delhi by June 15 this time,” he stated.
A low strain space lies over northwest Bay of Bengal. It is likely to transfer throughout Odisha, Jharkhand and north Chhattisgarh over the subsequent three to 4 days, the IMD stated.
A trough runs from south Punjab to the centre of this low strain space. Also, sturdy south-westerly winds are prevailing alongside the west coast and an offshore trough lies off the west coast.
These circumstances are likely to persist over the subsequent 5 to six days.
“Under these favourable meteorological conditions, the southwest monsoon is likely to advance over the entire country outside south Rajasthan and Kutch region of Gujarat during the next five-six days,” the IMD stated.
Srivastava stated largely, three components are thought-about for declaring the arrival of the monsoon in an space (after it makes onset in Kerala)- widespread rainfall over a big space, prediction of extra precipitation over the subsequent three to 4 days and easterly winds.
In 2013, monsoon coated your complete nation by June 16, in accordance to Mahesh Palawat of Skymet Weather, a non-public forecasting company.
Last yr, the wind system had coated your complete nation by June 29, seven days earlier than the standard date of July 8.
