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Skymet forecasts normal monsoon in 2021

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Private weather forecast company Skymet Weather on Tuesday said the monsoon in 2021 is likely to be 103% of the Long Period Average. The agency classified it as a “healthy normal”.

The monsoon that concluded in 2020 was unique, as, along with the season in 2019, it was only the third time in a century that India saw back-to-back years of above normal rainfall, which is defined as rainfall that’s five percent (105%) above normal. This year’s forecast by Skymet, falls a little short of the above normal mark.

“The odds of an El Nino, characterised by a heating of the equatorial Central Pacific over half a degree, are low this year. Currently, the Pacific is in a (converse) La Nina mode and while it is expected to weaken a bit in the coming months, during monsoon months (June-September) it is forecast to increase,” G.P. Sharma, president-meteorology, Skymet Weather told journalists.