Following is the forecast valid until the morning of June 25.
Rain/Thundershowers are likey at:
East: Many places in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura, West Bengal and Sikkim, north Orissa, Jharkhand, Bihar, a few places in south Orissa.
North: Many places in east Uttar Pradesh, west Uttar Pradesh; a few places in Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir; isolated places in Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan.
Central: Many places in east Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chattisgarh; a few places in west Madhya Pradesh.
Peninsula: Many places in south Konkan and Goa, north coastal Andhra Pradesh, coastal Karnataka, south interior Karnataka, Kerala; a few places in north Konkan, Madhya Maharashtra, south coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rayalaseema; isolated places in Gujarat State, Marathwada, Tamil Nadu, north interior Karnataka.
Islands: Many places in Andaman and Nicobar, Lakshadweep.
Temperatures recorded in four metropolitan centers were: Kolkata: Max 32 (-2) dc/Min 27 (N) dc
New Delhi: Max 35 (-4) dc/ Min 27 (-2) dc
Chennai: Max 36 (-1) dc/Min 27 (N) dc
Mumbai: Max 31 (-1) dc/ Min 27 (+1) dc.
The low pressure area over Jharkhand and adjoining Bihar now lies over Jharkhand and adjoining Bihar and Gangetic West Bengal. Associated cyclonic circulation extends upto mid tropospheric levels. The trough at sea level passes through, Ganganagar, Karnal, Kanpur, Gaya, centre of low pressure area and thence southeastwards to east central Bay of Bengal.
The off-shore trough at sea level from Maharashtra coast to Kerala coast persists. The western disturbance as an upper air system extending upto 3.6 kms a.s.l. over north Pakistan and adjoining Jammu and Kashmir persists. The trough in low level westerlies now lies as a cyclonic circulation extending up to 0.9 km a.s.l. over central Pakistan and adjoining west Rajasthan. The above two systems are likely to move east-northeastwards.
In the regions where the southwest monsoon is yet to set in, the day temperatures were appreciably below normal in west Rajasthan. Total rainfall during the past 24 hours at 177 available stations in the plains, out of 291 stations, is 87 cms. Normal for the above 177 stations is 132 cms.
The southwest monsoon has been active in Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim. It has been subdued in Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat State, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Telangana, Rayalaseema and north interior Karnataka.