The weather office has forecast intense spells of rain in several states, including Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Maharashtra. Check out the latest all-India forecast here.
Skymet had earlier predicted the monsoon onset on 7th June with an error margin of 3 days. The southwest monsoon is likely to arrive within this bracket. Onset criteria require stipulated rainfall on 2 consecutive days over Lakshadweep, Kerala and Coastal Karnataka.
As per normal dates, the monsoon reaches Mumbai and Kolkata between the 10th and 12th of June. The monsoon arrival date for Delhi has now been revised to 27th June from its earlier landing on 29th June.