Weather forecaster asks farmers to sow crops as monsoon to arrive in July first

Guwahati: As according to the India Meteorological Department forecast, the monsoon in India is to slow down for some time and then pick up again around the beginning of July, the farmers of the country are to prepare their harvesting process likewise. Notably, both India Meteorological Department (IMD) and the private forecaster Skymet Weather have made similar forecasts on the arrival of monsoon this time.

With the monsoon making progress in the past three to four days, it is expected that a good rainfall will arrive in the next 48 hours. The private weather forecaster Skymet has also added that this is the right time that the Indian farmers should initiate their sowing of crops process as any delay in the process will later lead to a dry phase again which is not good for cultivation. This suggestion has been made especially to the farmers of central, south and east India.

IMD report says that monsoon has advanced to some parts of central Arabian Sea, Konkan along with most parts of central Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, UP and Uttarakhand. The weather forecaster also says that this season, the monsoon is going to be 37% deficient in comparison to long period average (LPA). LPA denotes the average rainfall received across the country as a whole during the southwest monsoon which also covers a period of 50-years.

Skymet Weather vice-president Mahesh Palawat said, “There is forecast for good rains in the next 48 hours in Maharashtra, MP, Karnataka but after that rain intensity will go down over Kerala, South interior Karnataka, eastern UP, Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. Rainfall will be subdued over most parts of northwest India also. This is because there is no significant weather activity like a low pressure system or a cyclonic circulation which will help advancement of monsoon.”

The Skymet weather statement says that due to the moist winds from the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal penetrating Central and Northwest India, the soil moisture content is likely to improve further. It also added that the overall performance of Monsoon has been very lackluster this time.

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