KOLKATA: The town gained 7.2mm rain on Monday, the first day of monsoon this 12 months. On Monday, clouds began amassing in the afternoon and rain came pouring down with thunderclaps in quick succession.
“Monsoon has arrived in Kolkata and a few parts of North and South 24 Parganas,” the Indian Meteorological Department announced round 3.45pm on Monday after the weather scientists ascertained that every one criteria were in position.
The Met workplace was retaining tabs at the movement of a lowpressure space that intensified right into a depression over the Bay of Bengal on Sunday night time. This system had to enter the land to trigger monsoon rain. It in any case crossed the Bangladesh coast on Sunday night, making the placement conducive for the onset of monsoon in Kolkata.
“We had predicted the monsoon to reach between June nine and June 11. It has in any case arrived on Monday, June 11. We be expecting lingering rain for the following two days,” stated GK Das, director (climate) of the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Kolkata.
Normally, June eight is thought of as to be the scheduled date of monsoon in Kolkata, with an error margin of plus-minus 3 days.
“Since monsoon entered Kolkata on June 11, that is 3 days after June eight, we will no longer name it not on time monsoon. It has arrived nearly on time. On Monday, it covered Kolkata and South and North 24 Parganas. Conditions are actually favourable for additional advancement of monsoon to more parts of Bengal in the subsequent 48 hours,” stated Sanjib Bandyopadhyay, deputy director of meteorology at RMC, Kolkata.
Unlike previous years, monsoon this 12 months hit south Bengal sooner than northern parts of the state. According to meteorologists, that is the first time this sort of phenomenon has taken position at least in a decade. They stated that methods, just like the low power or the depression, which accelerates the monsoon’s advancement, have to enter the Bengal coast to touch North Bengal. But this time, the depression has entered during the Bangladesh coast instead.
“We most often see the monsoon hitting north Bengal sooner than coming to South Bengal. At least, monsoon arrives to each the areas together. For instance, the 12 months cyclone Aila hit the area, monsoon entered each north and south Bengal at the identical day,” stated Das.
Though it has been raining over the last few days, the Met workplace has been calling it premonsoon showers for the reason that showers didn't meet the criteria — components like wind direction, origination of cloud and the trend of rain — for it to be referred to as monsoon rain.
“Monsoon has arrived in Kolkata and a few parts of North and South 24 Parganas,” the Indian Meteorological Department announced round 3.45pm on Monday after the weather scientists ascertained that every one criteria were in position.
The Met workplace was retaining tabs at the movement of a lowpressure space that intensified right into a depression over the Bay of Bengal on Sunday night time. This system had to enter the land to trigger monsoon rain. It in any case crossed the Bangladesh coast on Sunday night, making the placement conducive for the onset of monsoon in Kolkata.
“We had predicted the monsoon to reach between June nine and June 11. It has in any case arrived on Monday, June 11. We be expecting lingering rain for the following two days,” stated GK Das, director (climate) of the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Kolkata.
Normally, June eight is thought of as to be the scheduled date of monsoon in Kolkata, with an error margin of plus-minus 3 days.
“Since monsoon entered Kolkata on June 11, that is 3 days after June eight, we will no longer name it not on time monsoon. It has arrived nearly on time. On Monday, it covered Kolkata and South and North 24 Parganas. Conditions are actually favourable for additional advancement of monsoon to more parts of Bengal in the subsequent 48 hours,” stated Sanjib Bandyopadhyay, deputy director of meteorology at RMC, Kolkata.
Unlike previous years, monsoon this 12 months hit south Bengal sooner than northern parts of the state. According to meteorologists, that is the first time this sort of phenomenon has taken position at least in a decade. They stated that methods, just like the low power or the depression, which accelerates the monsoon’s advancement, have to enter the Bengal coast to touch North Bengal. But this time, the depression has entered during the Bangladesh coast instead.
“We most often see the monsoon hitting north Bengal sooner than coming to South Bengal. At least, monsoon arrives to each the areas together. For instance, the 12 months cyclone Aila hit the area, monsoon entered each north and south Bengal at the identical day,” stated Das.
Though it has been raining over the last few days, the Met workplace has been calling it premonsoon showers for the reason that showers didn't meet the criteria — components like wind direction, origination of cloud and the trend of rain — for it to be referred to as monsoon rain.
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