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Thundershowers expected in most of south India

Rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at most places in coastal Andhra Pradesh, many places in Rayalaseema, north Tamil Nadu, coastal Karnataka, Kerala and Lakshadweep, at a few places in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the Konkan, Goa, central Maharashtra,Telangana, south Tamil Nadu, and interior Karnataka, and at isolated places in the hills of west Uttar Pradesh, south-east Rajasthan, west Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat region, and Marathwada. Mainly dry weather will prevail over the rest of the country.

Heavy rainfall is likely to occur at isolated places in coastal Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema, north Tamil Nadu, coastal Karnataka, Kerala and Lakshadweep in the next 48 hours.

Night temperatures were appreciably above normal in sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, the plains of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, north-east Rajasthan, west Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat state, and were above normal in Assam and Meghalaya, coastal Orissa, east Madhya Pradesh, north-central Maharashtra, Vidarbha, and parts of Bihar and west Rajasthan.

Day temperatures were markedly above normal in Saurashtra and Kutch and appreciably above normal in Assam and Meghalaya, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, coastal Orissa, Kashmir, south-west Rajasthan and parts of east Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. They were above normal in Bihar, the plains of west Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat region and the remaining parts of Madhya Pradesh.

The south-west monsoon is still active over coastal Andhra Pradesh. Rain or thundershowers occurred at most places in Kerala, at many places in Rayalaseema and Lakshadweep, at a few places in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, east Madhya Pradesh, the Konkan, Goa, central Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, and at isolated places in sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, east Uttar Pradesh, Saurashtra, Kutch and Karnataka. Light rain was recorded at isolated places in the Gujarat region. Mainly dry weather prevailed over the rest of the country.

 
                 Temperatures (deg C)    

                        Max             Min    

Ahmedabad              36            24(+2)
Allahabad              36(+3)        27(+5)
Amritsar               35(+2)        21(+3)
Aurangabad             31            22(+3)
Bangalore              28            20(+1)
Bareilly               35(+2)        24(+3)
Bhopal                 34(+3)        22(+3)
Bhubaneshwar           34(+3)        25(+6)
Bombay                 32            26(+1)
Calcutta               34(+2)        27(+2)
Chandigarh             33(+2)        22(+4)
Dehra Dun              31(+2)        21(+4)
Gadag                  28(-3)        22(+2)
Gangtok                22            17(+4)
Guwahati               34(+3)        24(+1)
Hyderabad              29(-1)        23(+3)
Imphal                 33(+5)        17(-1)
Indore                 35(+4)        22(+4)
Jabalpur               34(+4)        23(+4)
Jodhpur                39(+3)        22(+1)
Kanyakumari            26(-5)        23(-1)
Lucknow                35(+3)        25(+4)
Madras                 33(+1)        25
Madurai                33            24
Mangalore              31(+1)        24
Minicoy                31(+1)        24(-1)
Nagpur                 34(+2)        22(+1)
New Delhi              33(-1)        24(+4)
Panjim                 32(+1)        24
Patna                  35(+3)        26(+3)
Port Blair             31(+2)        24
Raipur                 33(+2)        23(+1)
Rajkot                 37(+2)        25(+4)
Satna                  35(+3)        25(+5)
Shillong               25(+3)        17(+3)
Shimla                 24(+6)        14(+3)
Srinagar               29(+5)         7
Trivandrum             26(-4)        22(-1)
Varanasi               35(+2)        24(+2)
Visakhapatnam          33(+2)        26(+1)

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