India weather report, August 7

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

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

Central: many places: Madhya Pradesheast Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarhnorth Chattisgarh a few places: Vidarbha. Peninsula: many places: Gujarat Region, Konkan and Goa, Madhya Maharashtrasouth Madhya Maharashtra, coastal Karnataka, a few places: Saurashtra and Kutch.

The axis of the monsoon trough at sea level passes through Ferozepur, Bareilly, Allahabad, Ranchi, Contai and thence southeastwards to east Central Bay of Bengal.

The off-shore trough at sea level from Maharashtra coast to Kerala coast now extends from Maharashtra coast to Karnataka coast.

A cyclonic circulation extending upto mid tropospheric levels lies over northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining Jharkhand has merged with the above system.

The western disturbance as an upper air system over Jammu and Kashmir and neighbourhood persists. System is likely to move eastnortheastwards.

The cyclonic circulation, one over Punjab and neighbourhood and the other over south Rajasthan and neighbourhood have become less marked. Total India: Total rainfall during the past 24 hours at 176 available stations in the plains, out of 291 stations is 157 cms. Normal for the above 176 stations is 159 cms.

The southwest Monsoon has been vigorous in east Uttar Pradesh and active in Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, Bihar, Haryana, east Rajasthan and Gujarat Regioin. It has been subdued in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.