By: Express News Service Pune | Updated: September 21, 2022 8:20:39 am
The IMD said that all necessary meteorological criteria for the monsoon retreat were met.(Express file photo)The southwest monsoon Tuesday withdrew from parts of southwest Rajasthan and Kutch, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
Since 2020, the normal date considered for the start of the monsoon withdrawal is September 17. It is for the first time since 2016 when the monsoon has withdrawn in the third week of September (see box), the IMD added.
Normally, the southwest monsoon withdrawal progresses for a month and concludes by October 15.
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The IMD said that all necessary meteorological criteria for the monsoon retreat – formation of an anticyclone, cessation of rainfall since the last five days, dry weather conditions – were met.
Normally, the southwest monsoon withdrawal progresses for a month and concludes by October 15. As on Tuesday, the monsoon withdrawal line passed through Khajuwala, Bikaner, Jodhpur and Naliya, the IMD said.
First published on: 20-09-2022 at 03:29:23 pm