<p>The Southwest Monsoon will set over coastal areas of Karnataka in a day or two, as conditions favour the normal progress of seasonal wind.</p>.<p>Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre director G S Srinivasa Reddy said on Monday that the depression in the Arabian Sea will help in the normal onset of monsoon this year.</p>.<p>While rainfall in the state will be normal in the first two weeks, extended forecast models indicate a dry spell in the last two weeks of June. “There are encouraging signs for a good monsoon this year. Compared to low probabilities of normal rainfall in the last few years, this year there is a high probability of 80%. Forecasts indicate good rainfall in July and August, too,” Reddy said.</p>.<p>According to the India Meteorological Department, monsoon enters Karnataka in the first week of June and covers the entire state by June 10.</p>.<p>In 2019, the onset of monsoon was delayed by around two weeks as it entered coastal Karnataka on June 14.</p>
<p>The Southwest Monsoon will set over coastal areas of Karnataka in a day or two, as conditions favour the normal progress of seasonal wind.</p>.<p>Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre director G S Srinivasa Reddy said on Monday that the depression in the Arabian Sea will help in the normal onset of monsoon this year.</p>.<p>While rainfall in the state will be normal in the first two weeks, extended forecast models indicate a dry spell in the last two weeks of June. “There are encouraging signs for a good monsoon this year. Compared to low probabilities of normal rainfall in the last few years, this year there is a high probability of 80%. Forecasts indicate good rainfall in July and August, too,” Reddy said.</p>.<p>According to the India Meteorological Department, monsoon enters Karnataka in the first week of June and covers the entire state by June 10.</p>.<p>In 2019, the onset of monsoon was delayed by around two weeks as it entered coastal Karnataka on June 14.</p>
