Monsoon finally reaches Kerala after 7-day delay, but onset weak
The monsoon arrived over Kerala on Thursday, seven days after it normally arrives in the state on June 1, the India Meteorological Department announced even as climate scientists and meteorologists warned that the onset of the weather system is likely to remain weak, and its progress over the peninsula, slow, on account of severe Cyclone Biparjoy. Read here: Monsoon arrives in Kerala after 7-day delay; progress to be slow in 1st week “During 24 hours, clouding has increased over Southeast Arabian sea with Outgoing Longwave Radiation being <200 w/m2. IMD declares monsoon onset over Kerala based on three criteria: weather stations in Kerala, situated in Minicoy, Amini, Thiruvananthapuram, Punalur, Kollam, Allapuzha, Kottayam, Kochi, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Thalassery, Kannur, Kudulu and the one in Mangalore in Karnataka reporting rainfall of 2.5mm or more for two consecutive days after May 10; a specified depth of westerlies; and low satellite derived Outgoing Longwave Radiation. Private forecaster Skymet Weather has forecast “below normal” rainfall at 94% of LPA IMD added that conditions were favourable for further advance of the monsoon into more parts of the central Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and southwest, central, northeast Bay of Bengal, the northeastern states, and remaining parts of Kerala over the Thursday and Friday.
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