more-inMonsoon rains are expected to cover the whole country in the next week and are likely to strengthen over central India, according to IMD officials. Monsoon rains, which had petered out in most parts of the country after July 4, has now “changed,” according to officials, and are expected to pick up over central India, a key region that determines the fate of the monsoon. Normally, the monsoon enters into a ‘break,’ or a prolonged lull of around a week in the middle of July and sometimes August. The bulk of the rains over the next week is likely to be over Central, East and the west coast of India. In June, the IMD raised its monsoon forecast by 2 percentage points to 98% of the long-term average.

Source: The Hindu July 11, 2017 16:07 UTC