possible formation of a low pressure system over the Bay of Bengal off
the Andhra Pradesh coast towards the end of this week.
Low pressure
India Meteorology Department's weather charts on Wednesday showed
signs of an upper air circulation in the bay, and this can very well
develop into a low pressure system in a couple of days to ignite an
active phase of the monsoon over the peninsula, according to K.
Santhosh, Director of the Meteorology Centre here. The rainfall so far
this monsoon has been 37 per cent deficient in Kerala. Between June 1
and June 24, the State received an area-weighted rainfall of only 32
cm against a normal of 51 cm. The situation is comparable to the very
bad monsoon of last year, when rainfall deficiency at this stage of
the season was 38 per cent. All districts in the State are in rainfall
deficit at the moment.
Deficit percentage
The deficit is 49 per cent for Thiruvananthapuram; 50 for Kollam; 33
for Pathanamthitta; 28 for Kottayam; 19 for Alappuzha; 43 for Idukki,
27 for Ernakulam, 14 for Thrissur, 53 for Malappuram, 41 for Palakkad,
41 for Kozhikode, 45 for Wayanad, 26 for Kannur and 47 for Kasaragod.
The Hindu, June 25
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