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It might still be too early to say so but indications of a good monsoon this season are fast receding.

Passers-by push a vehicle through a water-logged road after heavy showers on Friday.

Use of dynamical models will replace statistical methods, providing greater precision
HARI PULAKKAT BANGALORE

With official monsoon predictions going haywire year after year, the Union ministry of earth sciences has turned to the scientific community for help to design an effective monsoon prediction model with zero error.

The design, an improved version of the UK and the US monsoon prediction models, will help meteorologists at the IMD to hone up their prediction skills. The Earth Systems Science Organisation and the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology are looking for a state-of-the-art dynamic prediction system for monsoon rainfall on all timescales.

Crop planting further delayed as monsoon fails to move beyond narrow coastal belt

Monsoon is bearing down on the city, checking the forecast before stepping out is the logical thing to do.

New Delhi: The odds of an El Nino phenomenon developing in July through September and potentially affecting the Indian monsoon are dead-even at 50-50, offering hope that India’s agriculture and eco

New Delhi: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) announced the onset of monsoon on Tuesday following a four-day delay in clouds gathering strength over the southern shores.