2017 monsoons to be below normal, Skymet says
Monsoons are important for Indian economy as agriculture still largely is dependent on the weather phenomenon.
Monsoons are important for Indian economy as agriculture still largely is dependent on the weather phenomenon.
Skymet Weather, a private sector weather forecaster, on Monday said that it expects India's monsoons for 2017 to be below normal.
It said, "Monsoon 2017 is likely to remain below normal at 95% (with an error margin of +/-5%) of the long period average (LPA) of 887 mm for the four-month period from June to September."
According to Skymet Weather, Monsoon probabilities for JJAS are:
• 0% chance of excess (seasonal rainfall that is more than 110% of LPA)
• 10% chance of above normal (seasonal rainfall that is between 105 to 110% of LPA)
• 50% chance of normal (seasonal rainfall that is between 96 to 104% of LPA)
• 25% chance of below normal (seasonal rainfall that is between 90 to 95% of LPA)
• 15% chance of drought (seasonal rainfall that is less than 90% of LPA)
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