New Delhi: The Southwest Monsoon is likely to be normal in north and south India, above-normal in central India and below-normal in east and northeast India, the MeT department said on Tuesday.
Releasing its Second Long Range Forecast for Southwest Monsoon 2021, India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director General Mrutunjay Mohapatra said that the monsoon this year is likely to be normal in the country as a whole.
The southwest monsoon is likely to be normal over Northwest India and South Peninsula. Seasonal rainfall most likely to be below normal over Northeast India and above normal over Central India: IMD pic.twitter.com/pEkSU4COyu
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It is likely to be in the range of 96-104 per cent of the Long Period Average (LPA), Mohapatra said.
"Southwest Monsoon seasonal (June to September) rainfall over the country as a whole is most likely to be normal (96 to 104 per cent of Long Period Average (LPA).
"Quantitatively, the monsoon seasonal (June to September) rainfall over the country as a whole is likely to be 101 per cent of the Long Period Average (LPA) with a model error of plus or minus 4 per cent," he said.
The LPA of the season rainfall over the country as a whole for the period 1961-2010 is 88 cm.
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