The official rainy season in the country begins from June 1 to September 30. (Representation)
New Delhi:
The southwest monsoon retreated from parts of western Rajasthan and the Punjab on Monday, 11 days after its normal withdrawal date, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
Conditions are increasingly favorable for its subsequent withdrawal from certain other areas of Rajasthan and Punjab and parts of Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh during the two to next three days, IMD said.
“The southwest monsoon retreated from parts of western Rajasthan and the Punjab today, September 28, 2020,” he said. Dry weather is likely to prevail in parts of northern India over the next five days.
The official rainy season in the country begins from June 1 to September 30.
This year, the monsoon hit Kerala on June 1, its normal start date. He covered the entire country on June 26, almost a fortnight longer than his normal schedule.
According to the revised date, the new normal date for the monsoon to cover the whole country is July 8. The first normal date for the monsoon to cover the whole country was July 15th.
The monsoon also receded at the end of this year. The new normal western Rajasthan monsoon withdrawal date is September 17, while the first normal western Rajasthan monsoon withdrawal date was July 15.
As the monsoon receded from parts of northern India, other parts of the country will continue to receive rains.
A trough runs from cyclonic circulation over eastern Bihar to west-central Bay of Bengal, off the coast of Andhra Pradesh through Gangetic West Bengal and the coast of Odisha.
Under the influence of this system, scattered to fairly widespread precipitation with moderate thunderstorms and lightning is very likely over the southern peninsula of India over the next three days, the meteorologist said.
Heavy isolated rains are very likely over Tamil Nadu over the next two days, IMD added.
According to the meteorological department, the monsoon is expected to end on an above-normal note. Until September 27, the country had received 9% more precipitation than normal.
Precipitation between 96 and 104 percent of the long-term average (LPA) is considered “normal”; 104-106 percent of the LPA as “above normal”. Anything over 110 percent is considered “excess”.
