Port Blair, May 18: As predicted by Skymet, the Southwest Monsoon arrived over the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Saturday, May 16, which is 4 days prior to the onset date of May 20. The Northern Limit of Monsoon (NLM) is currently passing through 5°N and 86°E, 10°N and 90°E, Long Island and 15°N and 98°E.
The conditions for the advancement of the NLM are favourable over some more parts of south Bay of Bengal, through Sri Lanka. It will take about 8 to 10 days from the current position for the Monsoon to strike Kerala. This means that the onset will be 3 to 4 days earlier than the official date of June 1, which corroborates Skymet’s prediction made in its Monsoon foreshadow 2015.
