Weather forecast till June 13

East: Many places in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, West Bengal, Sikkim, Orissa, Jharkhand and Bihar.

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

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

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

Islands: Many places in Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep.

Temperatures recorded in four metropolitan centres were: Kolkata: max 29 (-5 ) d c/ min 27 ( n ) d c

New Delhi: max 37 (-3 ) d c/ min 29 ( n ) d c

Chennai: max 37 ( n ) d c/ min 29 (+1 ) d c

Mumbai: max 28 (-4 ) d c/ min 24 (-2 ) d c.

The southwest monsoon has further advanced into some more parts of Vidarbha and most parts of Chattisgarh and Bihar.

Conditions are favourable for further advance of the southwest monsoon into some more parts of Maharashtra, remaining parts of Chattistgarh and Bihar; some parts of east Madhya Pradesh and east Uttar Pradesh within next 2-3 days.

The well-marked low pressure area over northeast Arabian sea off Gujarat coast now lies over northwest and adjoining northeast Arabian sea. Associated cyclonic circulation extends up to mid tropospheric levels.

The off-shore trough at sea level now extends from south Gujarat coast to Kerala coast. The trough at sea level passes through Anupgarh, Alwar, Kanpur, Sidhi, Digha and hence southeastwards to eastcentral Bay.

The cyclonic circulation over Orissa and adjoining Jharkhand now lies over Orissa and adjoining Gangetic West Bengal.

A cyclonic circulation extending up to mid tropospheric levels lies over Chattisgarh and neighbourhood.

In the regions where the southwest monsoon is yet to set in, the day temperatures were appreciably to markedly below normal in west Uttar Pradesh, Uttarkhand, Haryana, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh and in some parts of east Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and of Gujarat Region and were below normal in some parts of Rajasthan. They were normal over the rest of the country.

Total rainfall during the past 24 hours at 174 available stations in the plains, out of 291 stations, is 150 cms.

Normal for the above 174 stations is 80 cms.

The southwest monsoon has been vigorous in coastal Karnataka and active in Konkan, Goa, Vidarbha and Chattisgarh.

It has been subdued in Marathwada, Rayalaseema and Tamil Nadu.

Realised rainfall and chief amounts in cms during past 24 hours at East: Most places in Jharkhand; many places in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim and a few places in Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Gangetic West Bengal, Orissa and Bihar. Passighat 6.4, Cherrapunji 5.0, Cuttack 4.6, North Lakhimpur 3.5, Keonjhargarh 2.5, Gangtok 1.8, Dibrugarh 1.7, Kohima, Sriniketan, Daltonganj, Purnea 1.5 each, Imphal, Sambalpur, Jamshedpur 1.3 each and Bhagalpur 1.2.