India weather report, July 14

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

Central: a few places: Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, isolated places: Vidarbha.

Peninsula: many places: Konkan and Goa, coastal Karnataka, Kerala, a few places: Madhya Maharashtra, isolated places: Gujarat State, Marathwada, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, interior Karnataka.

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

Temperature recorded in four metropolitan centres were: Kolkata: max 31 (-1) dc/ min 25 (-1) dc

New Delhi: max 33 (-3) dc/ min 24 (-3) dc

Chennai: max 37 (+2) dc/ min 27 (+1) dc

Mumbai: max 31 (+1) dc/ min 26 (+1) dc

The axis of the monsoon trough at sea level runs close to foot Hills of Himalayas. The off-shore trough at sea level from Maharashtra coast to Karnataka coast now extends off Maharashtra coast. The cyclonic circulation extending up to 4.5 kms a.s.l. over Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining Bangladesh persists. A cyclonic circulation extending up to 3.1 kms a.s.l. lies over northwest Rajasthan and adjoining Punjab. The western disturbance as an upper air system over Jammu and Kashmir and neighbourhood is moving away northeastwards. The cyclonic circulation over west Uttar Pradesh and neighbourhood has become less marked.

Total India: Total rainfall during the past 24 hours at 167 available stations in the plains, out of 291 stations, is 111 cms. Normal for the above 167 stations is 168 cms.

The southwest Monsoon has been vigorous in Gangetic West Bengal and Haryana and active in Assam and Meghalaya, Orissa and east Uttar Pradesh. It has been subdued in west Rajasthan, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Vidarbha, Chattisgarh, Telangana, Rayalaseema, Tamil Nadu and interior Karnataka.

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

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

Cherrapunji 17.7, Kolkata(ALP) 9.9, Canning Town 6.6, Gangtok 6.3, Tezpur 6.0, Diamond Harbour 5.0, Bankura 4.8, North Lakhimpur 2.9, Dibrugarh, Shillong 2.4 each, Jalpaiguri 2.2, Patna 1.7, Kohima 1.6, Ranchi 1.3, Passighat 0.7, Kailashahar 0.4, Imphal 0.1.

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

Bahraich 7.1, Hissar 5.3, Banswarra 5.2, New Delhi (PLM) 5.0, Hardoi 4.8, Shajahanpur 4.4, Rohtak 4.2, Kheri Lakhipur 4.1, Patila 3.8, Gorakhpur 3.7, Nahan 3.6, Rawat Bhata 2.4, Dehra Dun 2.2, Lucknow 1.9, Bareilly 1.7, Varanasi City 1.5, Bundi 1.3, Sawai Madhopur 1.2, Ludhiana 0.7, Banihal 0.1.

Central: many places: west Madhya Pradesh, isolated places: east Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh*. Ratlam 1.4, Guna, Bhopal 1.3 each, Raisen 0.9, Mandla, Damoh 0.4 each, Ambikapur 0.1.

Peninsula: A few places: Gujarat Region, Konkan and Goa, coastal Karnataka, isolated places: Saurashtra and Kutch*, Madhya Maharashtra, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema*, Tamil Nadu, north interior Karnataka*, south interior Karnataka.

Bulsar 2.7, Bhira 2.6, Harnai 1.4, Visakhapatnam ap 1.2, Baroda 1.1, Palayamkottai 0.8, Bhavnagar 0.7, Medikeri 0.4, Honavar, Panambur 0.3 each, Tirupathi, Coonoor 0.2 each.

Islands: Most places: Lakshadweep, isolated places: Andaman and Nicobar+, Long Islands 7.4, Amini Divi 3.8, Minicoy 0.5, Car Nicobar 0.1.

++ Heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places

+ Heavy rain at isolated places and

* Very light rain