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Southwest monsoon to hit Kerala on May 30

| | May 15, 2015, at 03:42 am
New Delhi, May 14 (IBNS): The southwest monsoon is likely to set over Kerala on or around May 30.
The onset of southwest monsoon over Kerala signals the arrival of monsoon over the Indian subcontinent and represents beginning of rainy season over the region.
 
 From 2005 onwards ESSO-India Meteorological Department (IMD) has been issuing operational forecasts for the date of monsoon onset over Kerala using an indigenously developed statistical model.
 
Advance of southwest monsoon over the Andaman Sea normally takes place around  May 20 with a standard deviation of about one week. 
 
"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 favourable 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," a government statement said.
#Southwest monsoon to hit Kerala on May 30

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