Southwest Monsoon more likely to hit Kerala on May 31: IMD

The Southwest Monsoon is more likely to hit the Kerala coast on May 31, in accordance with the India Meteorological Department (IMD). If realised, monsoon will arrive earlier than time over the southern state.
On Thursday, the monsoon additional superior into some extra elements of Maldives-Comorin areas and lined a majority of the southeast and east-central areas of the Bay of Bengal.
As beneficial circumstances for the monsoon are build up, many areas in Kerala have been reporting steady mild to moderate-intensity rainfall because the starting of this week. The 24-hour rainfall recorded over districts of Ernakulam, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta andThiruvananthapuram ranged between 19mm and 115mm.
As on Thursday, the country-wide rainfall for the March to May interval stood at 15 per cent surplus. Except the northeastern states, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, all states and union territories have recorded both regular or above regular rainfall through the ongoing pre-monsoon season.
The IMD declares the monsoon onset over Kerala when components, together with rainfall of two.5 mm or extra, is reported from the designated 14 climate stations for 2 consecutive days any time after May 10. The different components are values of wind area and Outgoing Longwave Radiation over southeast Arabian Sea.
The Met division is about to launch the second-stage Long Range Forecast of the upcoming season on May 31.