Southwest #Monsoon 2026:
🔹 CTCS #forecast (January 2026): 761 mm (12.5% below normal)
🔹 IMD observation: 759.4 mm (13% below normal)
Generated 5 months ahead, our forecast closely matched the observed seasonal #rainfall.
📄 IMD report: internal.imd.gov.in/press_releas...
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🌧️ A milestone in long-range #MonsoonForecasting!
The CTCS Climate Platform's Southwest Monsoon 2026 forecast, issued 5 months in advance, showed close agreement with observed #rainfall over India
🌐 ctcs-climate.in

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Glad to share our work using #PhaseTransitions in a #ClimateNetwork to define the onset of large-scale phenomena like the #IndianMonsoon now published [https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-25-0384.1] in @ametsoc.org Onset forecasts for this year: ctcs-climate.in

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