Cyclonic storm ‘Biparjoy’: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday said that the deep pressure area over the southeast Arabian Sea is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm ‘Biparjoy’ during the next six hours. “The cyclonic storm “BIPARJOY” over east-central and adjoining southeast Arabian Sea on 6th June at 2330 IST near latitude 12.5°N and 66.0°E, about 900 km WSW of Goa. To move nearly northwards and over the next The SCS is very likely to intensify during 6 hours (sic),” the meteorological department wrote on Twitter. The name ‘Biparjoy’ has been given by Bangladesh.
Will the storm affect the weather in India?
The IMD in its bulletin said that the sea condition is very likely to be rough to very rough along and off Kerala-Karnataka coasts and along and off Lakshadweep-Maldives areas and Konkan-Goa-Maharashtra coasts from June 8 to June 10. Fishermen have been advised to venture out into the sea. to return to shore. Earlier on June 5, the Meteorological Department had said that the formation and intensification of a low pressure system over the southeast Arabian Sea is expected to have a severe impact on the progress of the monsoon towards the Kerala coast. However, it did not give any tentative date for the onset of monsoon over Kerala.
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What did Skymet Weather predict about the onset of monsoon?
Private forecasting agency Skymet Weather said the onset of monsoon over Kerala is likely to be on June 8 or June 9, but it is expected to make a “moderate and light entry”. It added, “These powerful weather systems in the Arabian Sea spoil the inland progress of the monsoon. Under their influence, the monsoon current may reach the coastal parts, but will struggle to move beyond the Western Ghats.”
Skymet had earlier predicted the onset of monsoon over Kerala on June 7 with an error margin of three days. The southwest monsoon generally enters Kerala on 1 June with a standard deviation of about seven days. In mid-May, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that the monsoon could hit Kerala by June 4.
India is likely to receive normal rainfall during the monsoon
The southeast monsoon had arrived last year on May 29, 2021, June 3, 2020, June 1, 2019, June 8 and May 29 in 2018. Scientists say that a slight delay in reaching Kerala does not mean that the monsoon will arrive. Late in other parts of the country. It also does not affect the total rainfall in the country during the season. The IMD had earlier said that despite the development of El Nino conditions, India is expected to receive normal rainfall during the southwest monsoon season.
(With inputs from PTI)