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This Article is From May 31, 2017

Met Department Sees Monsoon Hitting Goa, Southern Andhra Pradesh In A Week

Met Department Sees Monsoon Hitting Goa, Southern Andhra Pradesh In A Week
A pedestrian holding an umbrella crosses a road as traffic passes by in Shillong, Meghalaya, India (Photographer: Sanjit Das/Bloomberg)

The southern coast of Kerala received heavy showers on Tuesday marking the arrival of South West monsoons two days earlier than what was anticipated by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).

The formation of cyclonic circulation in northeast India has helped accelerate movement of annual monsoons to those areas, K.J. Ramesh, director general-meteorology, IMD, told BloombergQuint in an interaction. Moreover, Kerala has been a beneficiary of the cyclonic circulation and this has led to rains advancing sooner than anticipated, he added.

Weexpect monsoons to touch Goa by the 7 or 8 June. Weexpect several parts of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh to also get covered bythen. 
K.J.Ramesh, Director General (Meteorology), IMD

Ramesh added that the long range monsoon forecast assessment for the months of June and July will be released next week, along with expected rain distribution patterns across the country but suggested that as things stand, current environment looked encouraging as far as seasonal quantum of rains was concerned.

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