"Monsoon Onset Over Kerala In Next 24 Hours": Weather Department
The conditions continue to become favourable for Monsoon onset over Kerala during next 24 hours, India’s weather agency India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a statement. It also added that the current conditions are also in favour of advance of monsoon over some parts of northeastern states during the same period.
IMD said that the favourable conditions are expected to continue, which will further facilitate the advancement of the Southwest Monsoon into more areas of the South Arabian Sea, the remaining parts of the Maldives and Comorin region, some parts of the Lakshadweep area, Kerala, additional areas of the Southwest and Central Bay of Bengal, the Northeast Bay of Bengal, and parts of the Northeastern states over the next three or four days.
IMD also predicted isolated to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorm, lightning, and gusty winds (30-40km/h), over Bihar, Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal, and Odisha over the next five days.
At the same time, North is searing in extreme hot weather. IMD said the temperature has crossed the 50 degree Celsius mark this year. It said, “In the last 24 hours, we have recorded the maximum temperature in Churu, 50.5 degrees Celsius. Currently, severe heatwave situation is prevailing in several parts of Rajasthan”.
Meanwhile, the Kerala is currently hit with the summer rain in which many parts of the state are inundated after continuous heavy rains in last week.
The official weather department of India has predicted earlier that the southwest monsoon is expected to reach Kerala around May 31, marking the start of the rainy season and provides relief from the hot and dry weather. The monsoon’s arrival over Kerala is a significant indicator of the seasonal transition across India.
Typically, the monsoon hits Kerala on June 1, but the date can vary by about seven days. The IMD has been forecasting the monsoon onset over Kerala since 2005 using a sophisticated statistical model. This model takes into account various factors such as temperatures in northwest India, pre-monsoon rainfall in the south, and wind patterns over the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. The model has a margin of error of ±4 days.
