India, May 29 -- Amid rising temperatures and a severe heat wave raging across the country, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), on Friday (May 29), issued its second-stage long-range forecast for the southwest monsoon season.

The forecast projects below-normal rainfall across several key areas of the country along with warning of continued heat wave conditions in multiple states starting in June, as reported by HT earlier.

Director General of Meteorology Dr Mrutyunjay Mohapatra addressed a press conference wherein he revealed that the country is expected to receive 90 per cent of the Long Period Average (LPA) rainfall during the June-September monsoon season, with a model error margin of four per cent - a projection that is two ...