S-W monsoon hits the Andaman coast 10 days in advance
New Delhi: The South-West monsoon has arrived over the Indian territorial waters 10 days ahead of schedule. It has already set in over the South Andaman Sea and the adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal. The satellite imagery of the US-based Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA) has shown that the monsoon will touch the Kerala coast by May 21, and by May 26 the monsoon system would cover Kerala and Karnataka. The usual date for monsoon touching the south Andaman Islands is around May 25. The cyclonic storm developed over the Bay of Bengal on May 11 had facilitated the early arrival of the monsoon. “The South-West monsoon has already arrived over the south Andaman Sea and the adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal,” confirms deputy director-general of India Meteorological Department S Subramanium.
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