Skymet lowered its full season monsoon forecast to 'below normal' from 'normal', while the IMD is sticking to its earlier forecast that rains in June to September of 2018 would be 'normal' at 97 per cent of the LPA with a model error of +/-5 per cent.
'The first two months of monsoon are not looking good.' 'In case both the halves fail, it is going to be misery.'
The IMD has fancy weather-monitoring radars in the name of providing better forecasts.