The third Test between Australia and India in Brisbane faces a grim weather forecast, with rain predicted to impact the remaining four days.
According to the Australian Government's Bureau of Meteorology, rain is set to disrupt three days of the Test match.
The start of India's two-day warm-up match against the Australian Prime Minister's XI on Saturday was delayed because of rain.
The Australian government's Bureau of Metrology has forecast heavy rain in Melbourne, starting from Friday onwards, with around 80% chance of rain on Sunday.
Steady progress in June; north and central regions to get good pre-showers
Total area impacted across India pegged at 18.9 mn hectares.
Organisers have been criticised by players attempting to make the main draw of the season opening Grand Slam for continuing to play matches despite the poor air quality from bushfires.
India's matches were largely uninterrupted by rain and chances of a wash out are miniscule in the semi-final too.
The India and Bangladesh game at Adelaide on Wednesday will have a big role to play in the chances of both sides making the T20 World Cup semi-final.
Weather watchers said it can't be known till May whether El Nio will impact the monsoon or not.
A metal object found on a beach in Western Australia does not belong to a Malaysian jet that vanished nearly seven weeks ago, authorities said on Thursday even as a robotic mini-submarine scouring the Indian Ocean seabed scanned more than 90 per cent of the focused search area.
The IMD on its part is sticking to its forecast of July rainfall.
Though the summer is expected to be hotter, global and domestic forecasts point to good rains.
Air quality to be closely monitored ahead of Australia Tests
The Australia-led search operation for the crashed Malaysian airliner has now shifted 1,100 km further north-east in the southern Indian Ocean following a "new credible lead", officials said on Friday.
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 that mysteriously disappeared with 239 people on board nearly a year ago was deliberately taken off course by someone in the cockpit and flown towards Antarctica, experts have claimed.
The search for the crashed Malaysian jet on Friday dramatically shifted to a new area 1,100 km further northeast in the Indian Ocean after authorities received "the most credible lead" of radar data suggesting the plane flew faster and ran out of fuel more quickly than estimated.
Officials in the weather department said the monsoon is expected to be below normal because of the El-Nino effect.
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