The state government, as part of its precautionary measures, has asked administrative machineries to remain "fully prepared" to tackle any contingency.
The rainfall in August is likely to be 99% of the LPA with an error margin of plus or minus 9%
The forecast comes a day after private weather forecasting agency Skymet lowered its overall monsoon forecast for 2018 to 'below normal' from the current 'normal' forecast
Till now, the IMD used to make real-time rainfall forecasts using models that had a grid area of 530 sq km.
Farmers undertook sowing operations, based on the IMD forecast