New Delhi, June 13
Covering a large distance and that too very rapidly, the monsoon today arrived in Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir almost 10-12 days ahead of schedule.
Delhi, which received moderate to heavy pre-monsoon showers on Friday, is likely to be covered by monsoon by tomorrow, almost 15 days ahead of its normal onset date of June 29, IMD director S.C. Bhan said. In recent years, the early arrival over Delhi was recorded on June 16 in 1998.
As on date, the monsoon further advanced into some more parts of the Arabian Sea, most parts of Gujarat, some parts of east Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and east Uttar Pradesh, entire Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir and some parts of Haryana and Punjab.
As per the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD), currently the northern limit of monsoon (NLM) is passing through Dessa, Udaipur, Guna, Jhansi, Fatehpur, Bahraich, Pantnagar, Patiala and Jammu. Conditions are favourable for the monsoon to completely cover the entire country within the next two to three days. Yesterday, the NLM was passing through
Okha, Rajkot, Surat, Nasik, Hoshangabad, Satna, Allahabad, Gorakhpur and Nautanwa.
On Thursday, based on the latest analysis of global numerical weather prediction models, the IMD indicated the possibility of advancement of the monsoon well ahead of its normal schedule over northwest India, including Delhi.
This year, the monsoon has advanced more smoothly and rapidly as compared to 2007 when it was marked by a hiatus of about one week over south peninsula.
This year, the monsoon set in over south Andaman Sea on May 10, about five days earlier than the normal date. It set in over Kerala on May 31, very near to its normal onset date of June 1. After that it advanced further and rapidly and covered parts of south peninsula and entire northeastern states till June 2.
On June 7, it reached Mumbai, three days earlier than normal date of June 10. After maintaining this rapid northward progression along the west coast, it reached the southern parts of Gujarat on June 10, almost five days ahead of the normal date.
The northward advance of the monsoon over east and central India has also been near its normal time. As on date, it has covered West Bengal and Sikkim, Orissa, Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and parts of east Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
