Earlier, MFD, in its special bulletin published on June 10, had forecast that monsoon will commence in eastern Nepal within a couple of days. But, two days later, MFD said that monsoon will take a couple of days more to enter into Nepal. [break]
MFD officials attributed low pressure system developed in the Bay of Bengal for the delay in the onset of monsoon in Nepal.
"As all conditions were favorable, we had predicted the onset of monsoon by June 12," said MFD chief Suman Regmi. "But, low pressure system suddenly developed in the Bay of Bengal Tuesday night, which affected regional weather balance in the Indian subcontinent causing a little delay in the onset of monsoon. But, conditions are still favorable."
According to Regmi, such a low pressure system, which hinders progress of monsoon by soaking all moist prevailing in the air, does not last too long, meaning that monsoon, which is currently lingering over the Bay of Bengal, will not take many days to reach Nepal.
"Had low pressure system not developed, monsoon would have certainly advanced up to Nepal by now," said Regmi. "But, farmers still do not need to worry."
June 10 is the mean day for the onset of Monsoon, which is vital for Nepal´s agriculture-based economy. However, meteorologists say the delay in monsoon by one week would not be considered too bad for agriculture, which largely depends on monsoon rains.
As monsoon lingered over the Bay of Bengal, maximum temperature rose to 31.0 degree Celsius on Wednesday in the Kathmandu Valley. Even minimum temperature did not go down beyond 21.2 degree Celsius. Although 18.6 mm rainfall was recorded in the last 24 hours in the Valley, meteorologists say it is just a result of local weather system.
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