Monsoon Watch
During this week, the southwest Monsoon further advanced into remaining parts of Rayalaseema, North Interior Karnataka, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, entire Konkan & Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathawada, East Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar. It also covered extreme southern parts of Gujarat state, most parts of West Madhya Pradesh, East Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand & Himachal Pradesh, entire Jammu & Kashmir and some parts of West Uttar Pradesh.
The Northern Limit of Monsoon (NLM) passes through Lat. 21.0°N/ Long. 60.0°E, Lat. 21.0°N/ Long.65.0°E, Veraval, Surat, Ratlam, Jhansi, Lucknow, Pantnagar, Dehradun, Una and Jammu. The NLM is given in Annexure I.
The conditions are favourable for further advance of Southwest Monsoon into remaining parts of West Madhya Pradesh & West Uttar Pradesh, most parts of Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and Punjab and some parts of East Rajasthan during next 3-4 days.