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Rains continue to lash south India

Heavy rains are likely at isolated places in south Tamil Nadu, south Kerala and Lakshadweep during the next 48 hours.

The north-east monsoon has been vigorous in Tamil Nadu.

Rain or thundershowers occurred at many places in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, at a few places in Konkan and Goa, Kerala and Lakshadweep, and at isolated places in Saurashtra and Kutch, central Maharashtra, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema.

Very light rain also occurred at isolated places in interior Karnataka.

Mainly dry weather prevailed over the rest of the country.

Rain or thundershowers are likely at most places in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, at many places in Lakshadweep, at a few places in coastal and south interior Karnataka, and at isolated places in coastal West Bengal, coastal Orissa, south Konkan and Goa, coastal Andhra Pradesh and north interior Karnataka.

Mainly dry weather will prevail over the rest of the country.

Night temperatures were below normal in parts of south Tamil Nadu.

They were appreciably to markedly above normal in Bihar plains, Haryana, west Rajasthan, Gujarat, north Konkan, central Maharashtra, Marathwada, Vidarbha, south coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, north interior Karnataka and in parts of east Uttar Pradesh.

They were above normal in Jammu, north-east Madhya Pradesh, south Konkan and Goa, coastal Karnataka and in parts of West Bengal and of Rayalaseema, and in the remaining parts of east Uttar Pradesh.

They were normal over the rest of the country outside Arunchal Pradesh and west Madhya Pradesh from where the data were sparse.

 
                  Temperatures (deg c)    

                   Max            Min     

Agartala           31(+1)         18
Ahmedabad          35(+1)         24(+6)
Allahabad          33(+3)         19(+4)
Amritsar           29             12(+1)
Bangalore          24(-3)         19(+1)
Bareilly           32(+2)         19(+4)
Bhubaneshwar       32(+2)         21(+1)
Bomaby             34(+2)         26(+2)
Calcutta           32(+2)         22(+2)
Dehra Dun          29(+3)         13(+1)
Gadag              30             20(+1)
Guwahati           30(+1)         19
Hyderabad          30(+1)         22(+5)
Jaipur             31             21(+7)
Jodhpur            33             19(+3)
Lucknow            32(+2)         16(+2)
Madras             27(-3)         25(+2)
Madurai            25(-6)         22(-1)
Mangalore          31             25(+2)
Minicoy            30(+1)         24
Nagpur             32(+1)         18(+2)
New Delhi          32(+2)         18(+4)
Panaji             33(+1)         24(+1)
Patna              31(+1)         20(+4)
Port Blair         30(+1)         22(-2)
Pune               32(+2)         21(+6)
Rajkot             34             23(+5)
Satna              31(+1)         16(+2)
Shillong           22(+2)         14(+5)
Thiruvananthapuram 27(-3)         23
Tiruchirapalli     25(-6)         23
Vishakhapatnam     33(+3)         26(+4)

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