SW monsoon will enter Hyderabad this week: IMD

The southwest monsoon is all set to enter Hyderabad later this week even as pre-monsoon rains lashed the city and several parts of Telangana on Sunday . The southwest monsoon was expected to hit Hyderabad by June 10 but due to its sluggish movement, it has not yet entered Telangana. The monsoon has covered Rayalaseema and south coastal Andhra. The conditions are favourable for further advancement of the monsoon into Telangana and subsequently over Hyderabad, the weather bulletin said.

India Meteorological Department (IMD), Hyderabad, director YK Reddy said Telangana has not yet been covered by the monsoon. “We are expecting that the south Telangana will be covered by monsoon in the next two or three days,“ he said Asked about the delay in the arrival of monsoon over Hyderabad, Reddy explained that there's always a plus or minus of four days in the arrival, which he said was quite normal. 

“Last year monsoon cov ered entire Telangana by June 19. This year it may not take such a long time. There are certain parameters to



declare the onset of monsoon. We are observing such parameters constantly. The rainfall activity thus far is due to pre-monsoon activity,“ Reddy said.

He said the rainfall will be normal this time despite onset of the monsoon after June 10.To declare monsoon, there should be continuous rainfall for a minimum of two days and the wind should be in southwest direction or west direction with sufficient strength at the rate of 50 kmph. The wind is not established so far in many areas.

More than 50 per cent of places should have rainfall continuously in the day . The daily rainfall rate should be minimum 2.5mm and for minimum two days without a gap. These are the symptoms of monsoon, Reddy clarified.

A senior IMD official said “They are now closely monitoring the rainfall activity in Telangana. The symptoms of monsoon are already felt in Hyderabad. If there is good amount of rainfall on Monday in Telanagana, it will be a good sign to officially declare monsoon,“ the IMD official said.