According to the forecast, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh will receive adequate rainfall. However, the states in the eastern region- Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal are at risk of lower rainfall during the peak monsoon months of July and August.
The Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) is an ocean-atmosphere interaction very similar to the El Nino fluctuations in the Pacific Ocean, playing out, as the name shows, in the Indian Ocean.