India weather report, July 22

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

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

Central: Many places in east Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh and a few places in west Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha.

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

Islands: Many places in Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep.

Temperatures recorded in four metropolitin centres were:

Kolkata: Max 33 (+1 ) d c/min 28 (+2 ) d c

New Delhi: Max 34 (-1 ) d c/ min 26 (-1 ) d c

Chennai: Max 36 (+1 ) d c/ min 27 (+1 ) d c

Mumbai: Max 32 (+2 ) d c/ min 26 (+1 ) d c.

The axis of the monsoon trough at sea level passes through Amritsar, Nazibabad, Bareilly, Gaya, Kolkata and thence southeastwards to north Bay of Bengal.

The off-shore trough at sea level from Karnataka coast to Kerala coast persists. The cyclonic circulation extending upto 0.9 km a.s.l. over east Uttar Pradesh and neighbourhood persists.

The other cyclonic circulation extending upto 3.1 kms a.s.l. over Punjab and neighbourhood also persists. The cyclonic circulation over Gujarat region and neighbourhood now lies between 2.1 and 4.5 kms a.s.l. A cyclonic circulation between 1.5 and 3.1 kms a.s.l. lies over south Tamil Nadu and neighbourhood.

The western disturbance as an upper air system over eastern parts of Jammu and Kashmir has moved away northeastwards. The other western disturbance as an upper air system over north Pakistan and adjoining Jammu and Kashmir persists. System is likely to move eastnortheastwards.

Total rainfall during the past 24 hours at 173 available stations in the plains, out of 291 stations, is 125 cms.

Normal for the above 173 stations is 175 cms.

The southwest monsoon has been active in Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim and Chattisgarh. It has been subdued in Jharkhandh, Rajasthan, west Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat state and north interior Karnataka.

Realised rainfall and chief amounts in cms during past 24 hours at

East: Most places in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim; many places in Bihar and isolated places in Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Gangetic West Bengal, Orissa and Jharkhand.

Cherrapunji 36.5, Passihat 21.3, Murti 15.5, Baghdogra 14.9, Neora 14.6, Jalpaiguri 14.5, Cooch Behar 13.4, Dhubri 5.4, Purnea 3.2, Kailashahar, Balurghat 2.7 each, Shillong 2.0, Midnapore 0.9, Patna 0.5, Bhagalpur 0.4, Chandbali 0.2 and Daltonganj 0.1.

North: Most places in east Uttar Pradesh; many places in west Uttar Pradesh, Punjab; a few plaes in Uttarkhand, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and isolated places in Jammu and Kashmir and Rajasthan. Bhiwani 3.8, Varanasi city 2.9, Dholpur 1.7, Bahracih 1.5, Lucknow 1.4, Bareilly, Amritsar, Ludhiana 1.3 each, Dharamasala 1.2, Dehra Dun 1.1, Shajahanpur 1.0, Chandigarh 0.9, Churu 0.7, Karnal 0.6, Quazi Gund 0.5, Hissar 0.4, Bhuntar 0.3, Kota and Mount Abu 0.1 each.

Central: Many places in east Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh; a few places in Vidarbha and isolated places in west Madhya Pradesh. Jagdalpur 6.6, Pendra 5.9, Bramhapur 4.8, Seoni 3.8, Rewa 3.5, Narsingpur 3.0, Nowgong 2.4, Mandla 2.3, Champa 0.8, Wardha 0.7, Khandwa 0.4 and Betul 0.2.

Peninsula: Most places in coastal and south interior Karnataka; many plaes in Telangana, Rayalaseema; a few places in Marathwada, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and isolated places in Gujarat state, Konkan, Goa, Madhya Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Shirali 6.3, Honavar 4.2, Kodaikanal 3.8, Hassan 3.6, Anantpur 2.4, Cial Cochi 2.1, Panjim 2.0, Vijayawada, Mahabalesuwar 1.9 each, Tondi 1.8, Alapuzha, Chitradurga 1.7 each, Mangalore 1.5, Agumbe 1.4, Sinor 1.1, Narsapur, Parbhani 1.0 each, Hyderabad 0.9, Ramagundam, Tiruchirapalli 0.8 each, Manavadar, Bangalore city 0.7 each, Bulsar, Bhira, Kaveli, Tirupathi 0.6 each, Bhavanagar, Ahmednagar 0.4 each, Broach, Kakinada 0.3 each and Nasik 0.2.

Islands: Most places in Lakshadweep and many places in Andaman and Nicobar. Amin Divi 2.2, Long Islands 1.7, Minicoy 1.1 and Maya Bandar 0.9.