India to receive below normal monsoon for India this year
March 27, 2017  21:04
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Private weather forecast agency, Skymet Weather, has predicted 'below normal' monsoon for India this year. Though such prediction may be a cause of concern for the country's agriculture which continues to depend largely on monsoon rainfall, it is too early to fully rely on the forecasts at this juncture.

In its forecast, released for the upcoming monsoon season on Monday, the Skymet said, "The monsoon this year is likely to remain below normal at 95 per cent (with an error margin of +/-5%) of the long period average (LPA) of 887 mm (89 cm) for the four-month period from June - September".

Since it is too early to predict the monsoon based on several indicators, the forecast agency may revise it in due course like it did last year. Even on Monday, the Skymet said there was 50 per cent chance of normal monsoon.
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