Weather forecast valid till June 20

East: most places: Gangetic West Bengal++, north Orissa#, south Orissa++, Jharkhand#, many places: Arunachal Pradesh++, Assam and Meghalaya++, Nagaland-Manipur-Mizoram-Tripura++, Sub- Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim+, Bihar++.

North: many places: Uttar Pradesh+, Uttarakhand+, Haryana+, Punjab+, Himachal Pradesh+, a few places: Jammu and Kashmir, east Rajasthan, isolated places: west Rajasthan.

Central: most places: north Chattisgarh#, many places: Madhya Pradesh+, south Chattisgarh++, a few places: Vidarbha.

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

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

Temperature recorded in four metropolitan centres were: Kolkata: max 26 (-8) dc/ min 23 (-4) dc

New Delhi: max 34 (-6) dc/ min 26 (-3) dc

Chennai: max 38 (+1) dc/ min 28 (nil)

Mumbai: max 31 (-1) dc/ min 27 (+1) dc

The depression over Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining Bangladesh that moved west-north-westwards and lay centred at 1730 hrs on the 17th June 2008 over Gangetic West Bengal close to Burdwan about 100 kms northwest of Kolkata.

It further moved north-westwards and now lies centered at 0830 hrs Ist of today, the 18th June 2008 over Jharkhand, about 50 kms southwest of Dumka. System is likely to move in a north-westerly direction and weaken gradually.

The off-shore trough at sea level from Maharashtra coast to Kerala coast persists. The trough at sea level passes through Anupgarh, Alwar, Fatehpur, Daltonganj, centre of Depression and thence south-eastwards to east central Bay of Bengal. The cyclonic circulation extending upto 2.1 kms a.s.l. over east Uttar Pradesh and neighbourhood persists.

The western disturbance as an upper air system extending upto 4.5 kms a.s.l. lies over north Pakistan and adjoining Jammu and Kashmir.

The cyclonic circulation extending up to 2.1 kms a.s.l. over central Pakistan and adjoining northwest Rajasthan now lies over Punjab and neighbourhood. Above two systems are likely to move east-northeastwards. A cyclonic circulation extending up to 2.1 kms a.s.l. lies over Haryana and neighbourhood.

In the regions where the southwest Monsoon is yet to set in, the day temperatures were appreciably to markedly below normal in some parts of Rjasthan.

Total India: Total rainfall during the past 24 hours at 169 available stations in the plains, out of 291 stations, is 171 cms. Normal for the above 169 stations is 100 cms.

The southwest Monsoon has been vigorous in Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand and east Uttar Pradesh and active in Orissa, west Uttar Pradesh and east Madhya Pradesh. It has been subdued in Punjab, west Rajasthan, Gujarat state, Marathwada, Vidarbha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and interior Karnatak.

Realised rainfall and chief amounts (in cms) during past 24 hrs at:

East: most places: Assam and Meghalaya++,Nagaland-Manipur-Mizoram-Tripura, West Bengal and Sikkim+, Orissa+, Jharkhand#, Bihar+, many places: Arunachal Pradesh+. Balasore 9.7, Gaya 8.6, Gangtok 8.5, Digha 7.4, Kolkata(ALP) 6.2, Dibrugarh 5.1, Sambalpur 4.1, Jharsuguda 3.2, Patna 2.7, Chandbali 2.6, Jamshedpur 33.8, Cherrapunji 18.1, Ranchi 13.6, Passighat 12.1, Shillong, Cooch Behar 2.1 each, North Lakhimpur 2.0, Bankura, Malda 1.9 each, Daltonganj 1.8, Jalpaiguri 1.7, Cuttack 1.5, Tezpur, Sriniketan 1.4 each, Bhagalpur 1.1, Imphal 0.9, Kohima 0.8.

North: most places: east Uttar Pradesh, west Uttar Pradesh+, Himachal Pradesh+, a few places: Jammu and Kashmir, east Rajasthan, isolated places: Uttarakhand, Haryana, mainly dry: Punjab, west Rajasthan.

Shimla 9.1, Jhansi 8.1, Bahraich 6.4, Hardoi 6.3, Banda 5.6, Mathura 4.0, Sundernagar 3.7, Gorakhapur 3.6, Lucknow, Jaipur 3.2 each, Shajahanpur 3.1, Una 2.8, Agra 1.9, Sawai Madhopur 1.5, Bareilly 1.4, Sikar 1.0, New Delhi (PLM) 0.7, Quazi Gund, Jammu city 0.5 each, Dehra Dun 0.3, Srinagar, Banihal 0.2 each.

Central: many places: east Madhya Pradesh+, Chattisgarh, a few places: west Madhya Pradesh, mainly dry: Vidarbha. Tikamgarh 10.6, Nowgong 4.8, Khajuraho 3.9, Ambikapur 3.7, Pendra 2.7, Gwalior 2.5, Guna 1.8, Sheopur, Champa 1.5 each.

Peninsula: most places: coastal Karnataka, Kerala, isolated places: Konkan and Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu*, interior Karnataka*, mainly dry: Gujarat state, Marathwada, Andhra Pradesh. Cannur 2.8, Mangalore 2.2, Honavar, Alapuzha 1.5 each, Cial cochi 1.2, Thiruvananthapuram ap 1.1, Mahabaleshwar, Punalur, Kozhikode 1.0 each, Mumbai(SCZ) 0.7, Bhira 0.5 Kolhapur 0.4, P0anjim, Sangli, Belgaum(SMB) 0.2 each, Kanyakumari, Gadag 0.1 each.

Islands: a few places: Lakshadweep, isolated places: Andaman and Nicobar*. Minicoy 0.8, Port Blair 0.1.

Footnotes:

* Very light rain isolated places.

+ Heavy rain at isolated places

++ Heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places

# Heavy to very heavy rain at a few places with extremely heavy rain at isolated places