Monsoon showers reaches Andaman sea-weather

Annual monsoon rains, vital for India's farm-dependent economy, on Thursday reached the Andaman Sea and adjoining southern Bay of Bengal, two senior officials of the state-run India Meteorological Department told Reuters.

It was pre-monsoon rainfall. After this drizzle, the maximum temperature is likely to fall a bit," an official at the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The city had witnessed an increase in the maximum temperature on Tuesday at 38.4 degrees Celsius. On Monday, the maximum temperature was 37.6 degrees Celsius.

"Monsoon has set in over the Andaman Sea," said one of the officials, who did not want to be identified as he is not authorised to speak to the media.

Another official said this had brightened the prospects of an early arrival of monsoon rains over the Kerala coast.

Last week, the weather office had forecast the June-September monsoon rains would hit the southern Indian coast on May 26, ahead of the normal arrival date of June 1.

As per the normal time-table, the monsoon reaches the Andaman on May 20 and Kerala in around another 10 days. Even if the monsoon reaches Andaman late, it can reach Kerala early.

"Right now we are expecting the same situation. If the monsoon does not reach the Andaman on May 20, then we can say that it is slightly late. But, still it is likely to reach Kerala before time. The journey of monsoon between Andaman to Kerala is expected to be completed in around seven days,"

SOURCE:REUTERS,TIMES OF INDIA

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