New Delhi: Southwest Monsoon has covered the entire country six days before the normal date, as parts of Rajasthan and Gujarat received their first seasonal rains on Friday. IMD predicted that heavy rainfall accompanied by lightning and thunder will continue in Kerala for the next five days.
‘Squally weather with wind speed reaching 40-50 Kmph is likely to prevail along and off Kerala coast. Fishermen are advised not to venture into the sea during the mentioned period’, alerted IMD. The Monsoon had set over Kerala on May 29, three days ahead of the normal date of June 1. ‘Southwest monsoon has covered the entire country on Saturday, six days before the normal date of July 8’, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday.
Parts of western Rajasthan and north Gujarat, which were yet to receive monsoon rains, received their first showers on Friday. However, the country has recorded a rainfall deficit of 5% as on Saturday. According to the IMD, all states falling in the monsoon core zone, barring Rajasthan, have received deficient rains till now. The monsoon core zone comprises the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Odisha which are rain-fed agricultural regions.
Gujarat has received 37% deficient rains than the long period average (LPA) till July 2, followed by Odisha (-34%), Maharashtra (-25%), Chhattisgarh (-25%) and Madhya Pradesh (-15%). Rajasthan has received 33% excess rains than the LPA. According to the forecast for July issued by the IMD, the rainfall average for the country as a whole is most likely to be normal at 94% to 106% of the LPA for the month. The LPA for July, based on the rainfall data from 1971-2020, is about 280.4 mm.
The weather office has forecast enhanced rainfall activity over Odisha, Gujarat, Konkan, and Goa during the next five days, over central India on July 4 and 5, and over northwest India on July 5 and 6. A cyclonic circulation has formed over Bangladesh and there were also signs of formation of a low pressure area over north Odisha, which could help boost monsoon rains in the region and parts of central India.
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