Monsoon To Hit Keral Two Day In Advance on May 30

14 May, New Delhi

Monsoon will hit Kerala on 30th of this month, two days ahead of its schedule.

According to the Indian Meteorological Department, advance of the southwest monsoon over the Andaman Sea normally takes place around 20th of the month with a standard deviation of about one week.

It said, during the last few days, enhanced convection and increased rainfall activity has been observed over the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea.

The cross equatorial flow is likely to strengthen and deepen over the area. As such, conditions are becoming favorable for advance of southwest monsoon over the Andaman Sea and adjoining sea areas during the next 3-4 days.

Past data suggests absence of any one to one association of the date of monsoon advance over Andaman Sea with the date of monsoon onset over Kerala or that with the seasonal monsoon rainfall over the country.