{"id":3831,"date":"2025-06-22T13:15:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T08:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=3831"},"modified":"2025-06-22T13:15:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T08:15:53","slug":"fao-predicts-extended-monsoon-along-indo-pak-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/06\/22\/fao-predicts-extended-monsoon-along-indo-pak-border","title":{"rendered":"FAO Predicts Extended Monsoon Along Indo-Pak Border"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has forecast a prolonged and intensified monsoon season in the India-Pakistan border regions, starting from late June and continuing through October.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the FAO\u2019s recent report, a strong pre-monsoon system will likely emerge in late June, followed by above-normal rainfall in key areas along the Indo-Pakistan border.<\/p>\n

The monsoon is expected to persist into early July with near-normal rainfall patterns dominating the remainder of the month.<\/p>\n

From July to September, unusually high rainfall is anticipated in the desert areas of both eastern Pakistan and India, which could have significant ecological and agricultural implications.<\/p>\n

The monsoon is forecast to remain active into October before easing off in November, which is expected to be dry.<\/p>\n

Rainfall is likely to return in December with the onset of winter precipitation.<\/p>\n

Locust Breeding Conditions May Emerge<\/h3>\n

The FAO warns that the early and abundant monsoon rains may create conditions conducive to the small-scale breeding of desert locusts.<\/p>\n

This activity is expected in eastern Pakistan and Rajasthan, India, particularly between July and September.<\/p>\n

However, locust breeding is projected to decline once the monsoon retreats in November, reducing the threat to agriculture during the winter season.<\/p>\n

PMD Projects Mixed Rainfall Outlook Across Regions<\/h3>\n

The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has also forecast normal to above-normal monsoon rainfall from July to September.<\/p>\n

While the Indian Ocean Dipole remains in a neutral phase, it is expected to turn negative during this period.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the El Ni\u00f1o Southern Oscillation is predicted to stay neutral.<\/p>\n

Most of the rainfall is expected in northeastern Punjab and Kashmir.<\/p>\n

Regions such as northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan may experience normal to slightly below-normal rainfall.<\/p>\n

Above-normal rainfall is likely in northern Punjab, southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and parts of Balochistan.<\/p>\n

These trends could support agriculture in some areas while raising concerns about potential flooding in others.Monsoon, Rainfall, Forecast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has forecast a prolonged and intensified monsoon season in the India-Pakistan border regions, starting from late June and continuing through October. According to the FAO\u2019s recent report, a strong pre-monsoon system will likely emerge in late June, followed by above-normal rainfall in key areas along the Indo-Pakistan border. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1271,390,1476],"class_list":["post-3831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","tag-forecast","tag-monsoon","tag-rainfall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3833,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3831\/revisions\/3833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}