India is likely to get 'below normal' monsoon rains in 2023 with an increasing likelihood of El-Nino, which typically brings dry weather to Asia, private weather forecasting agency Skymet said on Monday.
A farmer works on his paddy field against the backdrop of monsoon clouds at Shanmura on the outskirts of Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura, July 19, 2009. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey/BENGALURU, April 10 - India is likely to get "below normal" monsoon rains in 2023 with an increasing likelihood of El-Nino, which typically brings dry weather to Asia, private weather forecasting agency Skymet said on Monday.
"Likelihood of El Nino is increasing and its probability to become a dominant category during the monsoon is growing large. El Nino return may presage a weaker monsoon," Jatin Singh, managing director, Skymet said in aMonsoon rains in India are expected to be 94% of the long-term average, said Skymet, retaining its previous view of sub-par monsoon.
New Delhi defines average, or normal, rainfall as between 96% and 104% of a 50-year average of 88 centimetres for the four-month season beginning June. The state-run India Meteorological Department is expected to announce its annual monsoon forecast soon. Nearly half of India's farmland, which has no irrigation cover, depends on annual June-September rains to grow crops such as rice, corn, cane, cotton and soybeans.Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, known as the agriculture bowl of North India, are likely to observe less than normal rains during the 2nd half of the season, the weather forecaster said.
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