Team Goemkarponn
PANAJI: The southwest monsoon made an unusually early onset over Kerala today, May 24, marking its earliest arrival on the Indian mainland since 2009, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Typically, the monsoon reaches Kerala around June 1 and spreads across the country by July 8.
With favourable atmospheric conditions, the IMD expects the monsoon to advance into Goa over the next 2–3 days. It is also likely to progress into more areas of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, the central Arabian Sea, the west-central and northern Bay of Bengal, the northeastern states, and parts of Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim during this period.
In view of the expected rainfall, IMD Goa has issued a red alert for today, signalling extremely heavy rainfall. An orange alert has been declared from May 25 to 28, followed by a yellow alert for the subsequent two days, indicating varying intensities of rainfall activity.
This year’s monsoon onset is notably earlier than in recent years, with past arrivals recorded on May 30 (2024), June 8 (2023), May 29 (2022), and June 3 (2021), among others.
