{"id":14726,"date":"2026-06-04T03:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kwschennai.com\/blog\/?p=14726"},"modified":"2026-06-03T16:53:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:23:37","slug":"conditions-favourable-for-onset-of-swm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kwschennai.com\/blog\/conditions-favourable-for-onset-of-swm\/","title":{"rendered":"Conditions favourable for onset of SWM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After a brief delay, conditions are turning favourable for the onset of the Southwest Monsoon over Kerala in the coming days , by June 4th or 5th. The monsoon is then expected to advance steadily across India. \ud83c\udf27\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the developing El Ni\u00f1o may limit monsoon performance compared to the past two years, a positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) later in the season could help offset some of its effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"793\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"14727\" src=\"https:\/\/kwschennai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ab1-793x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kwschennai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ab1-793x1024.jpg 793w, https:\/\/kwschennai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ab1-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/kwschennai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ab1-768x992.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kwschennai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ab1-1189x1536.jpg 1189w, https:\/\/kwschennai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ab1.jpg 1239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"840\" data-id=\"14728\" src=\"https:\/\/kwschennai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ab2-1024x840.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kwschennai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ab2-1024x840.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kwschennai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ab2-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kwschennai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ab2-768x630.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kwschennai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ab2.jpg 1264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Forecast for Chennai and surroundings areas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Chennai and surroundings areas, the wait for active weather may soon be over. Moist westerlies are strengthening across South India, signalling the start of the thunderstorm season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udf29\ufe0f Scattered thunderstorms are likely over Chennai and surrounding areas in the coming days. While rainfall may be hit-or-miss, storms that develop could bring brief heavy showers and welcome relief from the intense heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weather enthusiasts, keep watching the skies. The season is slowly waking up! \u26c8\ufe0f\ud83c\udf34<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a brief delay, conditions are turning favourable for the onset of the Southwest Monsoon over Kerala in the coming<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[99,102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-99","category-swm-2026"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kwschennai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14726"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kwschennai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kwschennai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kwschennai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kwschennai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kwschennai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14729,"href":"https:\/\/kwschennai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14726\/revisions\/14729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kwschennai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kwschennai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kwschennai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}