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According to the satellite imagery, there is an increase in cloudiness over the Kerala coast and adjoining the southeast Arabian Sea.
IMD Director General M Mohapatra said there is cyclonic circulation along the Karnataka coast which is hindering the progress of the southwest monsoon.
The north India plains, along with a few parts of the northeast region, are likely to be at risk of being rain deficient through the season, the Skymet said.
The overall rainfall recorded in India from June 1 to August 31 was 10 per cent more than normal, the IMD said on Monday. The official rainfall season in the country is from June 1 to September 30.
The Kerala government has been at loggerheads with the IMD after the Cyclone Ockhi in 2017 and the century's worst floods in 2018.
The Gujarat government has ordered evacuation of people living in low-lying coastal areas and deployed teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in over half a dozen districts.
The four-month monsoon season from June to September accounts for 75 per cent of rainfall in the country.
Renowned weather scientist Dr S Abhilash talks to Onmanorama about the monsoon, its history, types of monsoons Kerala receives, forecast methods, fixing onset date and the chances of another floods in the state this year.
Skymet had predicted that monsoon will hit Kerala on May 28. Whereas, the India Meteorological Department had said the monsoon will make an onset over Kerala on June 1.
Intense weather activity was also witnessed over interior parts of Karnataka, including in state capital Bengaluru, leading to uprooting of trees and waterlogging.