Monsoon 2023: Southwest Monsoon Advances Further To Reach Kerala By June 4

IMD took to Twitter on Thursday to provide an update on the Monsoon tracking.

As per the latest update, the SW monsoon has advanced further into some parts of the South Arabian Sea, Maldives & Comorin area and some more parts of South Bay of Bengal & East central Bay of Bengal.

The press release on the IMD website also stated that the conditions are favourable for further advance of the Southwest Monsoon into some more parts of the South Arabian sea, Maldives & Comorin area, South Bay of Bengal, East Central Bay of Bengal and some parts of Northeast Bay of Bengal during next 48 hours.

As SW monsoon advances further, a cyclonic circulation is likely to develop over the southeast Arabian Sea around 5th June which can cause a low-pressure area to likely form over the same region during subsequent 48 hours.

As per the latest update by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the 2023 monsoon onset over Kerala will be on June 4, with a model error of ± 4 days

With the onset of the Monsoon coming closer, light to moderate fairly widespread rainfall with thunderstorm and lightning along with gusty winds are very likely over Kerala, Lakshadweep, Coastal & South Interior Karnataka

Similarly, isolated to scattered rainfall over Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh is expected during next 5 days. Heavy rainfall is also very likely at isolated places over Tamil Nadu and Coastal Karnataka on 1st June and over Kerala from 1st-5th June.