Weather Department Says Failure To Predict Monsoon For Delhi "Rare"

Failure by numerical models in the prediction of monsoon advance over Delhi is rare and uncommon, the India Meteorological Department said.

Facing criticism over consecutive errors in forecasting the advancement of the Southwest Monsoon over Delhi, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) today said such type of failure by numerical models in the prediction of monsoon over the capital is "rare and uncommon". The weather department said its latest model analysis had indicated that the moist easterly winds in the lower level from the Bay of Bengal would spread to northwest India, covering Punjab and Haryana by July 10, leading to the advancement of monsoon and an increase in rainfall activity over the region, including Delhi, from July 10 onwards. Accordingly, the moist easterly winds have spread to northwest India, the IMD said in a statement. These moisture-laden winds have led to an increase in cloudiness and relative humidity.