India weather report, July 15

North: many places: east Uttar Pradesh+, west Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, a few places:

Haryana, isolated places: Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir,

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

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

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

++=Heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places, +=heavy rain at isolated places, *=very light rain.

Temperature recorded in four metropolitan centres were:

Kolkata max 30 (-2) dc/min 25 (-1) dc

New Delhi max 34 (-2) dc/min 24 (-3) dc

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

Mumbai max 32 (+2) dc/min 24 (-1) dc

The axis of the monsoon trough at sea level runs close to the foot Hills of the Himalayas. The off-shore trough at sea level off Maharashtra coast now runs from Karnataka coast to Kerala coast. The cyclonic circulation over Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining Bangladesh now lies as a trough extending upto 2.1 kms a.s.l. from Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim to north Bay. The cyclonic circulation over northwest Rajasthan and adjoining Punjab persists and now extends upto 0.9 km a.s.l. The western disturbance as an upper air system over Jammu and Kashmir and neighbourhood has moved away northeastwards.

Total India: Total Rainfall during the past 24 hours at 172 available stations in the plains, out of 291 stations, is 100 cms. Normal for the above 172 stations is 169 cms.

The southwest Monsoon has been active in Gangetic West Bengal and Jharkhand. It has been subdued in west Rajasthan, Saurashtra and Kutch, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Vidarbha, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and north 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+, Bihar+, Jharkhand, many places: Nagaland-Manipur-Mizoram-Tripura+, Gangetic West Bengal, a few places: Arunachal Pradesh, isolated places: Orissa.

Cherrapunji 24.0, Damohani 10.6, Agartala 9.0, Baghdogra 8.0, Gajoldoba 7.9, Patna 7.6, Sevoke 6.9, Champasari 6.2, Shillong 5.7, Jalpaiguri 4.9, Kolkata (DUM), Jamshedpur ap 4.4 each, Sriniketan 4.3, Ranchi 4.1, Malda 3.8, Guwahati 3.4, Gopalpur 3.3, Uluberia, Krishnanagar 2.5 each, Jharsuguda 2.1, Dhbri 2.0, Gan gtok 1.9, Imphal 1.8, Gaya 1.5, Kohima 1.3, Canning Town 1.1, Passighat 0.3.

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

Bahraich 3.3, Gorakhpur 2.7, Mukteswar 1.7, New Delhi(PLM) 1.5, Phoolbagh, Shimla 1.3 each, Una 1.2, Karnal 1.1, Agra 1.0, Sultanpur, Jhansi, Dehra Dun, Tehri, Rohtak 0.7 each, Banswara 0.5, Jammu 0.4, Patiala 0.1.

Central: many places: east Madhya Pradesh, isolated places: west Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh.

Catia 2.7, Khajuraho 2.6, Nowgong 1.8, Gwalior 1.3, Champa 1.1, Satna 0.9, Indore 0.7, Ambikapur 0.2.

Peninsula: many places: south interior Karnataka, a few places: Gujarat region, Konkan and Goa, Rayalaseema, isolated places: Saurashtra and Kutch, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, coastal Karnataka*.

Bansda 4.2, Bangalore city 4.1, Dahanu 4.0, Chikhli 3.8, Anantpur 3.0, Vasai 2.9, Talasari 2.3, Bulsar 1.4, Dharmapuri 1.3, Mumbai(CLB) 0.7, Bhira, Ongole 0.6 each, Agumbe 0.5, Vellore 0.4, Bhavnagar and Soegaon 0.3 each, Parbhani 0.2.

Islands: many places: Lakshadweep, a few places: Andaman and Nicobar. Minicoy 3.4, Amini Divi 3.2, Car Nicobar 1.6, Hut Bay 1.5, Nancowry 0.9.