Southwest Monsoon likely to hit Kerala coast on June 5
Union Minister for Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan said: "Onset over Kerala is likely to take place around 5th June."
In the second stage long range forecast of monsoon, the India Meteorological Department said: "Rainfall over the country as a whole for the 2015 southwest monsoon season (June to September) is likely to be deficient (<90% of LPA)."
It said: "Quantitatively, the season rainfall for the country as a whole is likely to be 88% of the long period average (LPA) with a model error of ±4%. The LPA rainfall over the country as a whole for the period 1951-2000 is 89 cm."
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