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Sep 12, 2024 · Extended monsoon seasons in North India, now longer than before 1940, are disrupting farming cycles and threatening crops. This delay is linked to low-pressure systems over the Bay...
Sep 12, 2024 · Why Long Monsoons Over North India? The tendency got increasingly prominent over the previous decade, forcing the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to declare a 'new normal' for the monsoon season.
1 hour ago · That this was the best monsoon in the region in over a decade with the seasonal rainfall just 7.1% above normal - less than the national average of 7.8% - shows that north India hasn't had a ...
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The IMD rainfall forecast helps farmers make the first critical decision – what crops to grow this season and how to allocate land accordingly. “We are not weather gods. Accuracy of weather forecasts can never be 100 percent. But the monsoon forecasts are useful. And not only to farmers but also to policymakers in India,” said V Geethalakshmi, an a...
In a pandemic-battered economy now grappling with massive supply-chain disruptions in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many are pinning hopes on “normal” rainfall this year. “As we try to emerge from a difficult period, we want to see the engines firing on all cylinders and rain is an important element in that,” said Harsh Goenka, chairman...
According to the IMD, there is a 60 percent chance that the monsoon will be normal or above normal, which weather experts say is good. These are called “probability forecasts”. “Science tells us that the prospect of bountiful monsoon rains (this year) is pretty high because of many factors,” said K J Ramesh, former director-general of IMD. But, he ...
This goes to the heart of a current challenge facing rainfall forecasters and policy analysts. More than 75 per cent of Indian districts, home to more than 638 million people, are now extreme climate event hotspots. The pattern of extreme events such as flood-prone areas becoming drought prone and vice-versa has changed in at least 40 percent of In...
Sep 12, 2024 · Interestingly, even though it spent more time over Northwest India, the monsoon still managed to finally leave South India by October 15 — in time for the arrival of the north-east monsoon. The reasons behind these unusual delays have eluded scientists so far.
Jul 21, 2021 · However, a trough in mid-latitude westerly winds led to a weakening of easterly winds over northwest India, which then caused a hiccup in the advance of monsoon into the remaining parts of northwest India.
Oct 28, 2022 · What is the significance of the northeast monsoon? The northeast monsoon offers a mere 11% contribution to India’s annual rainfall, as opposed to the 75% offered by the southwest monsoon.
