India weather report, July 17

North: Many places in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh; a few places in Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir; isolated places in Punjab, Rajasthan.

Central: A few places in Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh; isolated places in Vidarbha.

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

Islands: Many places in Andaman and Nicobar, Lakshadweep.

Temperatures recorded in four metropolitan centres were: Kolkata: Max 29 (-3) dc/ Min 26 (N) dc

New Delhi: Max 35 (N) dc/ Min 29 (+2) dc

Chennai: Max 36 (+1) 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 the foot Hills of the Himalayas. The off-shore trough at sea level from Maharashtra coast to Kerala coast now runs from south Maharashtra coast to Kerala coast. The trough from Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim to north Bay persists and now extends upto 2.1 kms a.s.l. The western disturbance as an upper air system over north Pakistan and neighbourhood now lies over Jammu and Kashmir and neighbourhood. System is likely to move eastnortheastwards.

Total India: Total rainfall during the past 24 hours at 175 available stations in the plains, out of 91 stations, is 191 cms. Normal for the above 175 stations is 184 cms.

The southwest Monsoon has been vigorous in east Uttar Pradesh. It has been subdued in west Rajasthan, west Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat state, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and north interior Karnataka.