Much awaited southwest monsoon arrives in Kerala
It said that the 14 stations for which the rainfall is being monitored for declaring the monsoon onset over Kerala have reported widespread rainfall for the last 48 hours with more
than 60 per cent of stations reporting rainfall on June 7 and 8.
All three conditions to formally say that the monsoon has arrived were fulfilled on Wednesday, said IMD.
The southwest monsoon has further advanced into remaining parts of south Arabian Sea, Maldives-Comorin area, most parts of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, some parts of south interior Karnataka, remaining parts of south Bay of Bengal and some more parts of central Bay of Bengal, reported IMD.
Its forecast says conditions are favourable for further advance of southwest Monsoon into some parts of central Arabian Sea, coastal Karnataka, remaining parts of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, some more parts of south interior Karnataka, some parts of south Andhra Pradesh and some more parts of central Bay of Bengal during next 48 hours.
Indian economic growth in 2016 is pinning a lot of hope on a good monsoon this year.
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