Thursday evening report of the IMD confirmed that the outer line of monsoon had reached across Kannur in Karnataka and Madurai in Tamil Nadu.
Indication
of a low-pressure area developing in the Bay
of Bengal is a good news for the advancement of monsoon, a senior
official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on
Thursday.
Thursday
evening report of the IMD confirmed that the outer line of monsoon
had reached across Kannur in Karnataka and Madurai in Tamil Nadu.
Cyclone
Vayu had slowed down monsoon’s progress, the IMD had said
earlier
“A
couple of days back, we were solely dependent on Vayu getting
weakened as it had pulled all the required winds and slowed down the
southwest monsoon’s progress in the country,” the official said,
requesting anonymity.
“Today,
we noticed indication of a low-pressure area getting developed in the
Bay of Bengal, which always helps in the advancement of southwest
monsoon towards northern part,” he told PTI.
“Generally,
by this date southwest monsoon is supposed to arrive in Maharashtra,
but it is still far away. Earlier observations had indicated that
Vayu would take a couple of more days to weaken which will make way
for monsoon to move northwards,” the official said.
“With
signs of low-pressure area getting developed in the Bay of Bengal,
whatever develops there is certainly going to benefit the advancement
of southwest monsoon over the country and it can bring showers,”
the IMD official predicted.
