PANAJI
Two days after the onset over Kerala, Southwest monsoon hit the State on Saturday afternoon with IMD announcing the arrival on June 5 -- the normal date for monsoon in the State.
This year, monsoon was two days behind schedule in Kerala and it was expected to be delayed in Goa by 2-3 days.
An IMD release said, “southwest monsoon has further advanced into more parts central Arabian Sea, entire coastal Karnataka, Goa, some parts of Maharashtra, most parts north Interior Karnataka, some parts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, more parts of Tamil Nadu, more parts of Central Bay of Bengal and some parts of Northeast Bay of Bengal on June 5”.
IMD has also predicted heavy rainfall along with thunderstorms and lightning at isolated places in Goa for the next two days.
"Conditions are favourable for further advancement of the monsoon," it said. A few days back, the IMD had predicted that monsoon is likely to be normal in north and south India, above-normal in central India and below-normal in east and northeast India.
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 four per cent, it said.
