Monsoon Keeps date with Kerala
The hope of millions of Indians, who have been enduring the harshest summer in living memory, has now rolled into Kerala. The Met department on Monday announced the onset of the southwest monsoon in India after rains in the southern state for the past few days met all requisite criteria for the official declaration to be made. The monsoon is expected to be normal this year with the country projected to get 98% of its seasonal quota.
"The onset of the monsoon over Kerala signals its arrival over the Indian subcontinent and represents the beginning of the rainy season. That has happened today," K Santosh, director of the IMD centre here said, adding that there was a 5% margin of error in the prediction.
There was, however, no error in IMD's prediction of when the monsoon will hit the mainland -- the predicted date was May 30, give or take four days. IMD's previous best prediction of the monsoon's arrival was in 2008, when it hit Kerala two days after the given date. The normal date of monsoon's arrival is June 1 while it hits Delhi around June 30.
Another month and half and it should be in Qatar around August end :)
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Monsoon-keeps-date-hits-Kerala/...
