Monsoon likely to be delayed by 2 days, may hit Kerala by June 3: IMD

Skymet disagrees, says monsoon already arrived today

The much-awaited onset of the southwest monsoon is expected to be delayed by two days and the rains are now likely to hit the Kerala coast on June 3 instead of June 1, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

"The delay is because of the weak westerly winds near Kerala coast which is why rainfall and cloudiness is not increasing," Director General of IMD, Mritunjay Mohapatra, told Business Standard.

He said further that the depth of westerly winds also should increase to sustain rainfall.

The met meanwhile, added that due to strengthening of lower level southwesterly winds, fairly widespread rainfall