 "Skymet dilutes southwest monsoon forecast for 2021 to 'below-normal'")
With the southwest monsoon all set to enter its final month of the four-month season that started from June, private weather forecasting company Skymet on Monday lowered its 2021 forecast to ‘below normal’, from its earlier forecast of 'normal' monsoon this year at 103 per cent of the long period average (LPA) made in April.
It said there was a possibility of drought in Gujarat and West Rajasthan. For Gujarat, it could have an adverse impact on groundnut and cotton crops.
Skymet, in its latest update, said the southwest monsoon is now expected to be 94 per cent of LPA,
