The countdown for the four-month south-west monsoon season has begun.The India Meteorological Department has forecast that the system is likely to set in over Kerala on May 31, with a model error of plus or minus four days.Kerala is the first point of entry for the system in the Indian mainland. June 1 is the normal date for the onset over Kerala.Meanwhile, monsoon flow, the IMD said, was expected to appear over the Andaman Sea in a few days and was likely to cover that region close to its normal date of May 20.
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Sunday, May 15, 2011
Monsoon likely to set in over Kerala on May 31
The countdown for the four-month south-west monsoon season has begun.The India Meteorological Department has forecast that the system is likely to set in over Kerala on May 31, with a model error of plus or minus four days.Kerala is the first point of entry for the system in the Indian mainland. June 1 is the normal date for the onset over Kerala.Meanwhile, monsoon flow, the IMD said, was expected to appear over the Andaman Sea in a few days and was likely to cover that region close to its normal date of May 20. 
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