Andaman and Nicobar Islands, union territory of India, consisting of two groups of islands at the southeastern edge of the Bay of Bengal. They form an arc stretching southward for some 620 miles (1,000 km) between Myanmar (Burma) and the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.
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The monsoon progress is a bit slow. Normal date of arrival for this region is 22nd of May. Last year, it was before time by a good margin. Going by the normal, the southwest monsoon reaches Sri Lanka and deep in to Myanmar on 26th of May.
Southwest Monsoon made a soft ingress over extreme southern parts of the Andaman Sea and the equatorial region on 19th May 2023. The northern limit of monsoon (NLM) is stationary till now. The normal date for the major island Port Blair is 22nd May and the monsoon stream is yet to reach.
The upcoming week till 28 May is expected to be washed out by heavy rains in multiple states of India except Gujarat, Maharashtra and Goa where rains will be significantly lesser and dry and hot weather will prevail