India To Experience Above-Normal Monsoon This Year, Says IMD. Heatwave Forecast For LS Polls
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The India Meteorological Department's April 2024 predictions suggested that India is going to witness above-normal monsoon this season, on the back of favourable La Nina conditions prevailing over the equatorial Pacific region. This will result the cumulative rainfall to touch around 106 percent of long-period average of 87 cm, bringing cheer to farmers and policy-planenrs, IMD predicted on Monday.
In the press release, IMD said that "the monsoon seasonal rainfall during June to September is likely to be 106% of the Long Period Average (LPA) with a model error of ± 5%'. The LPA of the season rainfall over the country as a whole for the period 1971-2020 is 87 cm."
IMD has issued the operational long-range forecast (LRF) for the southwest monsoon sea...