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WHILE THE India Meteorological Department (IMD) is likely to announce its monsoon forecast on Wednesday, private weather agency Skymet Weather on Tuesday said that drought-hit regions of Maharashtra are likely to receive a deficient monsoon this year. AdvertisingImportantly, scientists have noted that the latent heat in the key Nino regions (regions along the equatorial Pacific Ocean), measured in terms of Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs), have not crossed the threshold value as yet. “All the four regions are going to witness lesser than normal rainfall this season. It seems that initial advancement of monsoon over peninsular India is going to be slow,” said Jatin Singh, Managing Director of Skymet. The usual arrival date for monsoon in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is May 20, and for Kerala is June 1..