Skymet, a private weather company, has predicted below normal rainfall this monsoon. Between June and September, which is the monsoon season in India, rainfall is forecast to be at 95% of the long period average of 887 mm. The El Nino refers to an unusual warming, which is the unusual warming of the surface waters of the Pacific. “We don’t need an established El Nino we only need an emerging El Nino,” Jatin Singh, who heads Skymet Weather said. Only eastern India, Orissa, Jharkhand and West Bengal, will be blessed with a good monsoon throughout the season, according to the forecast.

Source: Hindustan Times March 27, 2017 09:11 UTC