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The southwest monsoon has precocious into parts of the southeast Arabian Sea, southwest and southeast Bay of Bengal, the Andaman Sea, the full Nicobar Islands and parts of the Andaman Islands, including Sri Vijaya Puram, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said connected Saturday (May 16, 2026).
It besides stated that conditions are favourable for the monsoon to beforehand further into immoderate much parts of the southeast Arabian Sea, southwest and southeast Bay of Bengal during the adjacent three-four days.
The remaining parts of the Andaman Islands and Andaman Sea, on with immoderate parts of East Central Bay of Bengal, whitethorn besides witnesser the onset of the monsoon during this period.
“All the criteria are satisfied for the beforehand of Southwest monsoon implicit the region,” the IMD said.
The section connected Friday (May 15, 2026) said that the southwest monsoon is expected to acceptable successful aboriginal implicit Kerala connected May 26.
Kerala usually sees the onset of the monsoon connected June 1, which marks the opening of the southwest monsoon play (June to September).
Earlier, the IMD stated that India mightiness witnesser below-normal rainfall this twelvemonth during the monsoon season.
This could beryllium owed to the emergence of El Nino conditions during the season, which origin little rainfall successful the country.
