Bhubaneswar: The southwest monsoon is likely to set in Odisha by June 10 due to the south-westerly wind flow from the Arabian Sea.
IMD Bhubaneswar Director Manorama Mohanty informed that the conditions are quite favourable for the arrival of monsoon. The southwest monsoon usually arrives in Odisha towards the second week of June.
“We expect the monsoon to reach south Odisha in the next three to four days We are expecting the monsoon in the next three days”, Mohanty said.
The southwest monsoon reached Kerala on June 5. It has advanced over the entire south Arabian Sea, some parts of the central Arabian Sea, Lakshadweep, Kerala, parts of coastal and south interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and some parts of the Bay of Bengal.
The monsoon is likely to reach Odisha by June 10.