New Delhi: This year’s long monsoon is likely to remain active till early October received from the department The return of rain bearing systems is not expected to begin in at least the next 10 days, it said on Thursday.
The normal date of withdrawal of monsoon (starting from West Rajasthan) is 17 September and the rainy season ends on 30 September. India Meteorological Department‘s (IMDThe withdrawal of monsoon this year is likely to be delayed by more than two weeks.
“We are expecting two more back-to-back low-pressure systems to come from inland Bay of Bengal. One of these will start affecting Odisha from September 26, and the other will come after two-three days. Mrityunjay Mohapatra.
According to IMD’s Extended Range Forecast released on Thursday, both the systems will bring more rain to central India and adjoining parts of east and northwest, thereby delaying the withdrawal of monsoon from the country. If these two low-pressure circulations hit the mainland as predicted, September would have had five such systems, the most for any monsoon month this year. There were four low-pressure systems bringing rain from the Bay of Bengal in July, while the count was two each in June and August.
“Monsoon is not likely to return for the next 10 days, till around October
3. We are not commenting on these periods beyond 10 days as the accuracy goes down,” Mohapatra said.
The normal date of withdrawal of monsoon (starting from West Rajasthan) is 17 September and the rainy season ends on 30 September. India Meteorological Department‘s (IMDThe withdrawal of monsoon this year is likely to be delayed by more than two weeks.
“We are expecting two more back-to-back low-pressure systems to come from inland Bay of Bengal. One of these will start affecting Odisha from September 26, and the other will come after two-three days. Mrityunjay Mohapatra.
According to IMD’s Extended Range Forecast released on Thursday, both the systems will bring more rain to central India and adjoining parts of east and northwest, thereby delaying the withdrawal of monsoon from the country. If these two low-pressure circulations hit the mainland as predicted, September would have had five such systems, the most for any monsoon month this year. There were four low-pressure systems bringing rain from the Bay of Bengal in July, while the count was two each in June and August.
“Monsoon is not likely to return for the next 10 days, till around October
3. We are not commenting on these periods beyond 10 days as the accuracy goes down,” Mohapatra said.
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