PUNE: The monsoon flow has weakened over the Arabian Sea, stalling its advance over parts of India by almost six days now, a top Met department official from Delhi told TOI on Monday. With the monsoon weakening, the countrywide rainfall deficit for the season has hit 38%, IMD data showed.
"Rather than the typical monsoon features over central India, we are witnessing convective rainfall pattern over this region. Presence of an anti-cyclone over central parts of India is not a good sign for monsoon advancement. We are not seeing typical monsoon circulation features, as the Arabian Sea current has been weak," the IMD official told TOI.
