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The department has tried to forecast the monsoon for India since 1884, [41] and is the only official agency entrusted with making public forecasts about the quantity, distribution, and timing of the monsoon rains.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) is an Indian agency of the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India. It is the principal agency responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting and seismology. IMD is headquartered in Delhi and operates hundreds of
A monsoon (/ m ɒ n ˈ s uː n /) is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation [1] but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscillation of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) between its limits to the north and south of the equator.
India's annual monsoon has covered more than three-fourths of the country and it is set to cover the entire country on time for the planting season despite stalling earlier this month, two senior ...
A monsoon is a shift in seasonal wind pattern that brings on a very rainy period. In the U.S., the desert southwest, the summer monsoon season usually begins around mid-June .
The devastation of this year's monsoon season in India, which runs from June to September, has been significant: ... Climate change compounds the phenomenon of weather extremes, said Anjal Prakash ...
Primarily a summer phenomenon, the Bay of Bengal branch of the Indian Monsoon is the major bearer of rain in most parts of Uttar Pradesh. It is the south-west monsoon which brings most of the rain, although rain due to western disturbances [5] and the north-east monsoon also contribute small quantities towards the overall rain in the state. [4]
It eventually separates from the coastline, turning to the right as it enters the Arabian Sea. The Summer Monsoon Current, located between 10 and 15 North latitude in the Arabian Sea, bends around India and Sri Lanka, and enters the Bay of Bengal. The Great Whirl is a gyre located around 10 N and 55 E, and is only present during the summer season.