India will probably expertise below-normal rainfall in February and it might have a “important hostile impression” on the standing wheat crop, which is on the flowering and filling stage, India Meteorological Division (IMD) Director-Normal Mrutunjay Mohapatra stated on Friday.
Crops reminiscent of mustard and chickpea (chana) might also expertise early maturing, the IMD Director-Normal advised a digital press convention on the climate outlook for February.
Rainfall in February will probably be below-normal in lots of areas throughout the nation barring western Gujarat, southern Tamil Nadu, south-west Madhya Pradesh, he stated.
Above-normal temp
February may also expertise above-normal minimal and most temperatures in most components of the nation besides central-western components and the southern peninsula.
The minimal and most temperatures will probably be above regular in Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Ladakh however in Madhya Pradesh and adjoining areas, together with Uttar Pradesh, they are going to be regular and beneath regular, Mohapatra stated.
Weak La Nina circumstances are presently prevailing with Nino 3.4 index being -0.9ºC. “They (weak La Nina circumstances) will proceed to prevail throughout February-April earlier than circumstances flip ENSO-neutral from Could. The impartial ENSO (El Nino-Southern Oscillation) circumstances will proceed at the very least till the south-west monsoon ends in September,” the IMD Director-Normal stated.
