India weather report, August 12

North: many places: Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana+, Punjab+, Himachal Pradesh+, east Rajasthan+, a few places: Jammu and Kashmir, west Rajasthan.

Central: many places: Madhya Pradesh (west Madhya Pradesh+), Chattisgarh(north Chattisgarh+), a few places: Vidarbha.

Peninsula: most places: Gujarat state+++, Konkan and Goa+++, many places: Madhya Maharashtra++, coastal Karnataka++, interior Karnataka (south interior Karnataka+), Kerala++, a few places: north coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, isolated places: Marathwada, south coastal Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema, Tamil Nadu.

Islands: many places: Andaman and Nicobar++,Lakshadweep+.

Temperature recorded in four metropolitan centres were:

Kolkata max 31 (-1) dc/ min 27 (+1) dc

New Delhi max 36 (+2) dc/ min 27 (+1) dc

Chennai max 36 (+1) dc/ min 28 (+2) dc

Mumbai max 26 (-3) dc/ min 25 (nil)

The low pressure area over north Chattisgarh and neighbourhood has become less marked on Monday evening. However, the associated cyclonic circulatioin extending upto mid tropospheric levels now lies over southeast Rajasthan and adjoining Gujarat region tilting southwestwards with height.

The axis of the monsoon trough at sea level passes through Phalodii, Kota, Umaria, Balasore and thence southeastwards to east central Bay of Bengal.

Another branch of it runs through Umaris, Daltonganj, Berhampur and thence northeastwards to Assam across Bangladesh and Meghalaya. The off-shore trough at sea level from Maharashtra coast to Kerala coast persists. The western disturbance as an upper ;air system over Jammu and Kashmir and neighbourhood persists. System is likely to move eastnortheastwards.

Total India: Total rainfall during the past 24 hours at 180 available stations in the plains, out of 291 stations, is 372 cms. Normal for the above 180 stations is 166 cms.

The southwest Monsoon has been vigorous in Gujarat state and active in Assam & Meghalaya, West Bengal & Sikkim, east Uttar Pradesh, west Madhya Pradesh, Konkan and Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, coastal Karnataka and Kerala. It has been subdued in coastal Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema and Tamil Nadu.

Realised rainfall and chief amounts (in cms) during past 24 hrs at:

East: most places: Assam and Meghalaya++, Nagaland-Manipur-Mizoram-Tripura, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim++, many places: Arunachal Pradesh, Gangetic West Bengal+, Jharkhand, Bihar, a few places: Orissa.

Cherrapunji 16.4, Jalpaiguri 13.6, Champasari 12.4, Damohani 10.6, Baghdogra, Narayanpur 8.6 each, Cooch Behar 6.2, Malda 5.0, Passighat 4.4, Burdwan 4.1, Tezpur, Berhampur 3.9 each, Kohima 3.5, North Lakhimpur, Sriniketan 3.3 each, Bankura 3.2, Jamshedpur 2.5, Purnea 2.3, Imphal, Balasore 1.8 each, Patna 1.7, Agartala 0.9, Sambalpur, Daltonganj 0.8 each.

North: most places: east Utar Pradesh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, east Rajasthan, a few places: west Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, isolated places: Haryana, west Rajasthan.

Allahabad 6.2, Dehra Dun 5.7, Poanta 5.6, Udaipur ap 5.3, Jagraon 4.5, Badwrwah 4.3, Mount Abu 4.2, Patti 4.1, Shimla 3.4, Sultanpur 3.1, Gorakhpur 2.9, Varanasi AP 2.8, Patiala 2.7, Ludhiana 2.4, Barmer, Chittorgarh 2.3 each, Nahan, Kota 2.2 each, Manali 2.0, Chandigarh 1.9, Srinagar 1.7, Mathura, Jammu 0.6 each, Jhansi 0.4, Karnal 0.3.

Central: most places: west Madhya Pradesh+, east Madhya Pradesh, many places: Vidarbha, Chattisgarh.Nimach 9.1, Gwalior 8.0, Tikamgarh 4.2, Sheopur, Damoh 4.1 each, Nagpur 0.9, Pendra 0.7, Akola, Ambikapur 0.4 each.

Peninsula: most places: Gujarat region#, Saurashtra and Kutch+, Konkan and Goa#, Madhya Maharrashtra++, coastal Karnataka+, Kerala+, many places: north interior Karnataka, south interior Karnataka++, isolated places: Marathwada, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rayalaseema*, Tamil Nadu.

Palghar 36.0, Jambugoda 35.4, Daman 29.8, Baroda 26.5, Matheran 26.0, Madhuban 24.4, Halal 23.3, Silvasa 22.0, Agumbe 21.4, Dahanu 20.8, Mahabaleshwar 20.2, Bhira 15.3, Surat 12.8, Bulsar 9.4, Mangalore 8.8, Karwar 8.6, Diu 8.2, Deesa 7.5, Bhavnagar 7.4, Mumbai(SCZ), Nasik 6.8 each, Cial Cochi 6.5, Honavar 6.3, Kozhikode,Kottayam 5.6 each, Alapuzha, Mahuva 5.5 each, Aurangabad 1.1, Gadag 0.9, Nagpur 0.7, Tuni, Ramagundam 0.3 each, Osmanabad 0.2, Anantpur 0.1.

Islands: most places: Lakshadweep, many places: Andaman and Nicobar+. Port Blair 12.1, Maya Bandar 4.5, Long Islands 2.2, Minicoy 1.7, Amini Divi 0.7.

#=extremely heavy rain, +++=heavy rain at a few places with heavy to very rain at isolated places, ++=heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places, +=heavy rain at isolated places and *=very light rain.