Southwest Monsoon For Kharif Crop on Schedule: IMD Forecast Says

The Southwest Monsoon which is crucial for the Kharif crop is likely to cover the entire country by July 6 as against the normal date of July 8, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday.

The South West Monsoon has been pushing late over to the peninsular region of India and also over central India. To date, the Northern Limit of Monsoon (NLM) continues to pass through Porbandar, Vadodara (both Gujarat), Shivpuri, and Rewa (both Madhya Pradesh) and Churk (Uttar Pradesh), the IMD said.

The IMD report states that monsoon will cover the entire country by July 8. But the Extended Range Forecast (ERF) released a statement on Thursday saying “Southwest Monsoon is likely to cover the entire country during the week June 30 till July 6.”
When asked about the exact date, a senior IMD meteorologist said that there is no date, and the ERF “is just a guidance product”.

Meanwhile, the ERF mentioned that the country as a whole received excess rainfall during the meteorological forecast week that ended on Wednesday.

The weekly cumulative All India Rainfall departure from its long period average (LPA) was 45 percent with weekly cumulative over northwest India as 120 percent, over east and northeast India at 77 percent and south peninsular India at 29 percent. However, for central India, it was minus 2 percent.

For, the all India cumulative rainfall during this year’s monsoon Season’s Rainfall Scenario (June 1-22) is 0 percent while that over northwest India, the departure was from LPA was 9 percent, over east and north east India 38 percent, over northwest India 9 percent but it was minus 34 percent over central India and minus 14 percent over south peninsular India.

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