Met department predicts monsoon delay
May 16, 2016 08:33
The onset of monsoon over Kerala is likely to be delayed by six days beyond its scheduled date of June 1, the India Meteorological Department said in its latest forecast on Sunday.
This is expected to delay monsoon in other parts of the country as well.
"The forecast suggests that monsoon onset over Kerala this year is likely to be slightly delayed. The Southwest monsoon is likely to set over Kerala on June 7 with a model error of plus or minus four days," the IMD said in its onset forecast for monsoon, released on Sunday.
June 1 is the official onset date of monsoon in India when it hits Kerala.
Interestingly, forecast of monsoon onset issued during the past 11 years (from 2005-2015) except 2015 has proved to be correct. This includes the error margin of plus or minus four days.
IMD Director General Laxman Singh Rathore said the delay in the monsoon onset was not an "unusual" phenomenon.
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