According to weather bulletin, heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at isolated places over Goa today
Hitting the Kerala coast on Wednesday, it is now expected to make swift progress, reaching Mumbai around June 11-12
Monsoon rains arrived at India's southern Kerala coast on June 8
The monsoon hit Kerala on Wednesday
If accurate, India might have its heaviest monsoon rainfall since 1994 in 2016, and also be well-distributed
The new system requires immense computing power to generate three-dimensional models to help predict how the monsoon is likely to develop
To hit Kerala on June 9, says IMD
IMD also predicted "heavy to very heavy rains" in coastal Karnataka and Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh and south interior Karnataka
North, central, south India to get very good showers; July to get more rain than August
Says monsoon is expected to arrive in India in 4-5 days; the North-Eastern Region is expected to get 94% of rainfall which is 'below normal'
Monsoon rains that usually arrive this time of year should help, but the government says they will be at least a week later than normal
Low MSP growth in the past three years also likely to reverse, profitability of farmers to increase, says JM Financial report
However, too much rain in the later half might not always be good for crops
Indian monsoon is important because of its immense influence on the Indian economy and the neighboring nations
Private weather forecast agency revises estimate to 109% of LPA
The agency also said that conditions are favourable for timely monsoon in Kerala
This year monsoon is expected to arrive early
Heavy rainfall is likely over coasts of North Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, South Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Lakshadweep
Current weather patterns suggest that monsoon would make a rapid progress once rains arrive on the Kerala coast, said K. K. Singh, chief of agricultural meteorology
There will be no impact on overall performance