Rain to dampen Ekka weekend plans as wet weather, winds and cool temperatures sweep across QueenslandQueensland is bracing for a wet and cold weekend. A large weather system is moving across the state. Showers and strong winds are expected....
07 Aug, 2025, 11.06 AM IST
Second half of monsoon may see rains turning erratic in IndiaAccording to the latest update from the Bureau of Meteorology, Australia's national weather, climate and water agency, oceanic and atmosphe...
13 May, 2022, 12.25 PM IST
Monsoon may be a few days late, arrive on June 3: Met departmentThe delay in the onset of the rains could throw off the sowing schedule of farmers, who were expecting rains to reach Kerala on May 31.
31 May, 2021, 07.09 AM IST
Normal monsoon expected as Australian Bureau of Meteorology rules out El Nino phenomenonMeteorologists say that a low probability of El Nino is certainly good news for the monsoon, although the complex weather system depends on...
25 May, 2021, 01.09 PM IST
Monsoon is likely to make its onset over Kerala at its normal date of June 1This is the second indication of a normal monsoon season in 2021. Earlier this month, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its...
06 May, 2021, 12.13 PM IST
La Nina likely, boost for southwest monsoon this yearThis news will cheer farmers and policymakers as it raises prospects of another record harvest and will further enhance agricultural growth...
25 Jun, 2020, 10.02 AM IST
Met Office updates monsoon forecast to 98% of normalThe updated 98% normal rainfall forecast will cheer farmers and policy makers and control food inflation, which is key in the RBI’s stance ...
07 Jun, 2017, 12.42 AM IST
Early signs of El Nino this year, warn international forecastersThe latest update, from US state agency NOAA and its funded institutions this week, gives a 50-55% chance of an El Nino forming from July o...
11 Mar, 2017, 09.27 AM IST
Australia says strong Indian Ocean Dipole reinforcing El NinoThe positive Indian Ocean Dipole, the Indian Ocean's equivalent of the Pacific Ocean-based El Nino, is at its strongest since 2006.
13 Oct, 2015, 11.16 AM IST
El Niño strengthening, but rain-boosting IOD could offset impact: Australia Met BureauHowever, meteorologists are hopeful of the emergence of a rain-boosting phenomenon – a positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) – which could off...
04 Aug, 2015, 04.56 PM IST
El Nino phenomenon has strengthened to a level that exceeds record set in 1997The weather bureau said, "all international climate models surveyed by the Bureau of Meteorology indicate El Niño is likely to strengthen, ...
22 Jul, 2015, 04.15 AM IST
- Early to fix El Nino’s impact on rains: IMD
The reappearance of El Nino conditions over the Pacific Ocean is enough cause for concern, but India Meteorological Department (IMD) expert...
11 Apr, 2015, 03.30 AM IST
- ‘50-50 chance of El Nino this year’
Early indications do not look too good for the monsoon this year, with the US and Australian meteorological agencies predicting 50-50 chanc...
10 Mar, 2015, 06.52 AM IST
- Australia agency declares El Nino alert, says it could hit in July
The Australian weather bureau on Tuesday declared an El Nino alert, saying there was at least a 70% chance of occurrence of the weather pat...
07 May, 2014, 03.59 AM IST
- El Nino looms larger in latest forecasts
In what could be bad news for Indian agriculture, conditions in the Pacific Ocean seem to be increasingly favouring the onset of an El Nino...
10 Apr, 2014, 05.28 AM IST
- Forecast updates strengthen El Nino fears
Latest updates from two global weather prediction agencies have added to the spectre of a developing El Nino, raising fears of a possible w...
12 Mar, 2014, 04.47 AM IST
- Maha's first Doppler Radar installed in Nagpur
A Doppler Weather Radar (DWR), the first in Maharashtra and the third in the country was installed here for accurate predictions of monsoon...
01 Mar, 2011, 11.24 AM IST