DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY AND HYDROLOGY (MYANMAR)

 

20-4-2024 Weather is partly cloudy over the South Andaman Sea and South Bay of Bengal and a few cloud over the North Andaman Sea and elsewhere over the Bay of Bengal.

Weather Forecast for 2023 Early Monsoon Season

Friday, April 28, 2023 - 11:45

Weather Forecast for 2023 Early Monsoon Season

Issued on 28.4.2023

Early Monsoon Period

The early monsoon period is establishment of Southwest Monsoon over Myanmar to the end of June.

Onset of Southwest Monsoon

          Southwest monsoon is likely to set in:

  1. Southern Myanmar  Areas during (13-18) of May
  2. Deltaic Areas during (19-24) of May
  3. Central Myanmar Areas during (25 – 31) of May
  4. Northern Myanmar Areas during (1 - 6) of June

Bay of Bengal Condition

Four Low Pressure Areas may form over the Bay of Bengal and two may further intensify into the Depression. During the early monsoon period, monsoon will be weak to moderate.

Rain Condition

Rain will be expected  below normal in Sagaing Region and Kachin, Northern Shan, Chin States and about normal in Naypyitaw, Mandalay, Magway, Bago, Yangon, Ayeyarwady, Taninthayi Regions and (Southern and Eastern) Shan, Rakhine, Kayah, Kayin, Mon States.