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KATHMANDU, JUN 09 -
Due to favourable weather conditions across the Bay of Bengal in India over the last couple of days, weathermen predict that this year’s monsoon rains will hit the country on time.
The timely onset of monsoon will provide much respite to people in the face of rising temperatures across the country. Mani Ratna Shakya, chief of Meteorology Forecasting Division (MFD) on Wednesday said signs of the monsoon in the country from across the Bay of Bengal in India have been observed.
“It is likely that a weak surge of the monsoon will hit the eastern part of the country in the next two days and continue to advance westwards in a week,” he said.
Normally, the first monsoon rains enter the eastern region by June 10.
According to him, though normal early monsoon was predicted for the country earlier, Cyclone Phet that originated in the Arabian Sea hindered the further advancement of monsoon clouds from Kerala state on May 31, the first place to record the monsoon rains in the region.
The South-west Indian monsoon rains lashed Kerala on May 31, a day ahead than usual but the effect was stalled by Cyclone Phet.
Though conditions are favourable for a good monsoon, the western and central regions are likely to experience a rise in the mercury over the next few days, said Shakya.
Posted on: 2010-06-10 07:52
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