Met Officials Predict Normal Rainfall For AP
posted on Jun 26, 2012 @ 11:44AM
Despite the dry spell prevailing in some parts of the state even after the onset of monsoon, met officials are confident that Andhra Pradesh would start getting its normal quota of rainfall in a day or two. Weather experts quashed the rumours of a break in monsoonal activity and asserted that the rainfall in the state would be widespread with normal rainfall expected in July. They said that the third spell of the monsoon would cover the entire state and the country as conditions are conducive to good rains.
Weather officials ruled out any interference by the El Nino phenomenon and said that the monsoon had only been delayed by three days. They said that Telangana and south coastal Andhra had received heavy rainfall in the first spell. By the first week of the July, the monsoon trough or axis would be formed, paving the way for rains. "The rainfall activity would come down if the monsoon cycle travels towards the foot of the Himalayas, leading to a lull in monsoonal activity. But conditions are favourable for a good monsoon," A Atchyuta Rao, assistant meteorologist at Visakhapatnam Cyclone Warning Centre, told.