IMD Monsoon Forecast: Director General of the department Mrityunjay Mohapatra said that good rain is not expected in the first week, but it is likely to gain strength from the second part of the second week of the month.
New Delhi. The India Meteorological Department said on Thursday that the southwest monsoon in the country is likely to be normal in July. In the forecast for July, the director general of the department Mrityunjay Mohapatra said that good rains are not expected in the first week, but it is likely to pick up from the second half of the second week of the month.
“The overall monthly rainfall in the country in July 2021 is likely to be normal (94 to 106 per cent of the long period average),” the department said. Will release initially.
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India Meteorological Department said on Thursday that ‘Loo’ conditions are likely to persist in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, North Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh for the next two days. Thus, there is no respite from the scorching heat in these places yet. The department said that conditions of heat wave and severe heat wave were recorded at isolated places in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.
The India Meteorological Department said that heatwave conditions were recorded at most places over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh, North West Rajasthan and North West Madhya Pradesh. Also, severe heat wave conditions were also recorded at isolated places in the area. The department said that in North East Rajasthan also there was severe heat wave at isolated places.
It said, “Due to possible dry westerly/south westerly winds in the lower part of the atmosphere from Pakistan to northwest India, over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, North Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and North West Madhya Pradesh for the next two days.” Heat wave conditions are likely to continue during this period.
The temperature in the entire plains has crossed 40 degree Celsius in the last few days.
Southwest Monsoon has covered the entire part of the country but Haryana, Delhi, some parts of Punjab, West Rajasthan and West Uttar Pradesh are still untouched by it.
