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&lt;em&gt;NEW DELHI: &lt;/em&gt;The weather office may have jumped the gun in declaring last week&#039;s torrential rainfall in northern India as monsoon showers. Private forecasters say the devastating downpour was a freak pre-monsoon phenomenon that has been followed by dry weather.
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Power firms use weather forecasts to anticipate demand. Last year, Skymet had predicted the monsoon would be weak while this year it said northwestern India may not get heavy rainfall. The Met Department declared the arrival of monsoon over the entire country on June 16, two weeks ahead of the normal arrival date of June 29.
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This year, the monsoon set in over Kerala on June 1 compared with June 5 last year. Moderate rains at three to four stations for two consecutive days are necessary to declare monsoon. DS Pai, director of longrange forecast at IMD, supports the weather office&#039;s claim. &amp;quot;Without monsoon setting in we would not have got widespread rains over entire north and northwest India on June 16-17,&amp;quot; he said.
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According to meteorologists, the moisture content in the atmosphere should rise and moderate easterly winds should be observed to declare the arrival of monsoon over the entire country. &amp;quot;(But) even with all these criteria being met - which led IMD to declare monsoon - it is subjective since subsequently north India went dry, and the winds are (currently) westerly rather than being easterly,&amp;quot; said Skymet&#039;s Palawat. 
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<em>NEW DELHI: </em>The weather office may have jumped the gun in declaring last week's torrential rainfall in northern India as monsoon showers. Private forecasters say the devastating downpour was a freak pre-monsoon phenomenon that has been followed by dry weather.
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The India Meteorological Department insists that monsoon rains arrived two weeks early, but private forecaster Skymet says the claim is debatable. It says northern India will get the next dose of rainfall by June 27, but people may have to wait longer for the typically heavy monsoon showers.
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&quot;Rains will again make an appearance from June 27 over the northern plains. But those rains will not be very intense to get noticed as monsoon rains. According to us, monsoon will arrive around that time, but again it is a matter of debate whether to declare monsoon on June 27 or (whether) it has already arrived,&quot; said Mahesh Palawat, chief meteorologist at Skymet Weather Services.
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Skymet has offered independent weather forecasts for the past decade and boasts of many corporate clients such as Reliance Energy, PowerGrid, HDFC Ergo, ICICI Lombard and fertiliser companies, as well as leading television channels.
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Power firms use weather forecasts to anticipate demand. Last year, Skymet had predicted the monsoon would be weak while this year it said northwestern India may not get heavy rainfall. The Met Department declared the arrival of monsoon over the entire country on June 16, two weeks ahead of the normal arrival date of June 29.
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This year, the monsoon set in over Kerala on June 1 compared with June 5 last year. Moderate rains at three to four stations for two consecutive days are necessary to declare monsoon. DS Pai, director of longrange forecast at IMD, supports the weather office's claim. &quot;Without monsoon setting in we would not have got widespread rains over entire north and northwest India on June 16-17,&quot; he said.
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He said the recent rainfall was caused by the interaction of a low pressure system formed over Rajasthan and northwest Madhya Pradesh and a western disturbance. The combined effect of this weather system led to heavy rains over north India. As this system moved to the east and its concentration shifted to Uttarakhand, the Himalayan state suffered torrential rains that led to floods and landslides. M Rajeevan, advisor to the ministry of earth sciences, said the monsoon had set in unexpectedly over north India, moving from the east within a few days instead of the usual time of a month.
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According to meteorologists, the moisture content in the atmosphere should rise and moderate easterly winds should be observed to declare the arrival of monsoon over the entire country. &quot;(But) even with all these criteria being met - which led IMD to declare monsoon - it is subjective since subsequently north India went dry, and the winds are (currently) westerly rather than being easterly,&quot; said Skymet's Palawat. 
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According to Palawat, if the monsoon covered the entire country on June 16 then currently a break in monsoon had commenced. &quot;Currently, the axis of monsoon trough is in the foothills of Himalayas, leading to dry weather conditions over the northwest plains,&quot; he said. The weather office has forecast heavy rains in some parts of the Himalayan region, including Uttarakhand, in the next few days. It has also predicted rainfall in Uttar Pradesh, central and southern India as well as the northeast. A report of the Climate Prediction Center of USA National Centers for Environmental Prediction on June 17 said the spread of the southwest monsoon was remarkable and unexpected across India, with New Delhi receiving monsoon rains about two weeks ahead of schedule. &quot;For the next two weeks...(there may be) moderate to somewhat below-normal rainfall across parts of India,&quot; it said. 
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<em>NEW DELHI: </em>The weather office may have jumped the gun in declaring last week's torrential rainfall in northern India as monsoon showers. Private forecasters say the devastating downpour was a freak pre-monsoon phenomenon that has been followed by dry weather.
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The India Meteorological Department insists that monsoon rains arrived two weeks early, but private forecaster Skymet says the claim is debatable. It says northern India will get the next dose of rainfall by June 27, but people may have to wait longer for the typically heavy monsoon showers.
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Skymet has offered independent weather forecasts for the past decade and boasts of many corporate clients such as Reliance Energy, PowerGrid, HDFC Ergo, ICICI Lombard and fertiliser companies, as well as leading television channels.
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</p>
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This year, the monsoon set in over Kerala on June 1 compared with June 5 last year. Moderate rains at three to four stations for two consecutive days are necessary to declare monsoon. DS Pai, director of longrange forecast at IMD, supports the weather office's claim. &quot;Without monsoon setting in we would not have got widespread rains over entire north and northwest India on June 16-17,&quot; he said.
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Private weather forecasters contest Met Department's early monsoon theory -Madhvi Sally

-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: The weather office may have jumped the gun in declaring last week's torrential rainfall in northern India as monsoon showers. Private forecasters say the devastating downpour was a freak pre-monsoon phenomenon that has been followed by dry weather. The India Meteorological Department insists that monsoon rains arrived two weeks early, but private forecaster Skymet says the claim is debatable. It says northern India will get the next dose of rainfall by June 27, but people may have to wait longer for the typically heavy monsoon showers. "Rains will again make an appearance from June 27 over the northern plains. But those rains will not be very intense to get noticed as monsoon rains. According to us, monsoon will arrive around that time, but again it is a matter of debate whether to declare monsoon on June 27 or (whether) it has already arrived," said Mahesh Palawat, chief meteorologist at Skymet Weather Services. Skymet has offered independent weather forecasts for the past decade and boasts of many corporate clients such as Reliance Energy, PowerGrid, HDFC Ergo, ICICI Lombard and fertiliser companies, as well as leading television channels. Power firms use weather forecasts to anticipate demand. Last year, Skymet had predicted the monsoon would be weak while this year it said northwestern India may not get heavy rainfall. The Met Department declared the arrival of monsoon over the entire country on June 16, two weeks ahead of the normal arrival date of June 29. This year, the monsoon set in over Kerala on June 1 compared with June 5 last year. Moderate rains at three to four stations for two consecutive days are necessary to declare monsoon. DS Pai, director of longrange forecast at IMD, supports the weather office's claim. "Without monsoon setting in we would not have got widespread rains over entire north and northwest India on June 16-17," he said. He said the recent rainfall was caused by the interaction of a low pressure system formed over Rajasthan and northwest Madhya Pradesh and a western disturbance. The combined effect of this weather system led to heavy rains over north India. As this system moved to the east and its concentration shifted to Uttarakhand, the Himalayan state suffered torrential rains that led to floods and landslides. M Rajeevan, advisor to the ministry of earth sciences, said the monsoon had set in unexpectedly over north India, moving from the east within a few days instead of the usual time of a month. According to meteorologists, the moisture content in the atmosphere should rise and moderate easterly winds should be observed to declare the arrival of monsoon over the entire country. "(But) even with all these criteria being met - which led IMD to declare monsoon - it is subjective since subsequently north India went dry, and the winds are (currently) westerly rather than being easterly," said Skymet's Palawat. According to Palawat, if the monsoon covered the entire country on June 16 then currently a break in monsoon had commenced. "Currently, the axis of monsoon trough is in the foothills of Himalayas, leading to dry weather conditions over the northwest plains," he said. The weather office has forecast heavy rains in some parts of the Himalayan region, including Uttarakhand, in the next few days. It has also predicted rainfall in Uttar Pradesh, central and southern India as well as the northeast. A report of the Climate Prediction Center of USA National Centers for Environmental Prediction on June 17 said the spread of the southwest monsoon was remarkable and unexpected across India, with New Delhi receiving monsoon rains about two weeks ahead of schedule. "For the next two weeks...(there may be) moderate to somewhat below-normal rainfall across parts of India," it said.