-Down to Earth Southwest monsoon will likely extend till October, with detrimental impacts on Indian agriculture Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) predicted August 25, 2022, that a third consecutive event of La Nina could be underway, leading to additional rainfall along its east coast this summer. The BOM predicted a 70 per cent chance of the La Nina event. However, the United States and UK weather agencies have claimed that the phenomenon is...
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Need for more weather safety awareness and lightning warning tools to save human lives
Media reports indicate that at the start of the southwest monsoon season, lightning strikes caused the death of over 70 people in the states of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh on a single day i.e. 11th July, 2021. Prior to those separate events related to human casualty caused by thunderbolts, eighteen elephants were found dead on a hilltop at Kandali Proposed Reserve Forest situated in Assam's Nagaon district on...
More »El Nino threat dips, met department ups rain forecast
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The weather office expects good rainfall across the country this year. It is expected to touch 98% of the long term average (LPA), the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday , raising hopes of increased rural demand for goods leading to overall economic growth. The latest monsoon forecast is marginally higher than the IMD's earlier estimate of 96%. There's little chance of an El Nino...
More »This year too, El Nino may lead to deficit monsoon, drier conditions in India
-Down to Earth Drier-than-normal conditions in Southeast Asia are likely to develop around July to August and persist through the end of the year The survey of international weather models made by the Bureau of Meteorology under the Government of Australia shows steady warming of the central tropical Pacific Ocean is expected over the next six months. Moreover, at least six models suggest that El Nino thresholds will be reached by July...
More »El Nino seen arriving too late to hurt India's monsoon rains -Pratik Parija
-Livemint.com/ Bloomberg A late El Nino may miss India’s monsoon season that runs from June through September, accounting for more than 70% of rain and watering more than half of all farmland New Delhi: India’s monsoon may escape the effects of a possible El Nino as the event that can bring dry weather to the world’s top cotton grower and second-biggest wheat and sugar producer. “Mostly it may not have any impact on...
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