Reportedly the Indian Meteorological Department said kerala is likely to witness the first showers of the south-west monsoon by June 8. The IMD stated “The east-west shear zone now runs roughly along Lat. 8°N between 3.1 & 3.6 km above mean sea level across lakshadweep maldives Comorin area. In association with these favorable conditions, Southwest Monsoon is very likely to set in over kerala around 8th June”.
Furthermore the monsoon is delayed by a week, as it usually arrives in the state on June 1 and the delay will also impact the arrival of the monsoon in other parts of south and central india. Further the Meteorological department also added that a low-pressure area is likely to form over the coast of kerala and Karnataka coast by June 9.
Moreover an orange alert had been issued by the kerala State Disaster Management Authority to four districts of kerala on June 10, as monsoon is set to make landfall in two days. Perhaps these alerts have been issued in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha and Ernakulam districts as they are predicted to receive rainfall of maximum intensity. A yellow alert has also been issued in five districts for the same day.
