Monsoon arrival in Andaman And Nicobar Islands likely by May 13!
New Delhi: The Southwest Monsoon has advanced and is likely to hit parts of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Andaman Sea on May 13, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) estimated.
The monsoon normally advances around June 1 to Kerala and further heads northwards, usually in surges, and covers the entire country by around July 15, this is the usual trend. But this year it appears that the monsoon shall arrive earlier than expected.
It is estimated that the monsoon shall arrive in Kerala shores by May 25, as estimated by the IMD, this shall be earlier than the usual date of June 1. However, the IMD maintains that past data suggests that there is no direct association of the date of monsoon advance over Andaman Sea either with the date of monsoon onset over Kerala or with the seasonal monsoon rainfall over the country.
The IMD forecast said that, in view of strengthening of southwesterlies in the lower tropospheric levels, there would be fairly widespread to widespread rainfall activity and persistent cloudiness over the area.
