SW monsoon vigorous in Orissa, Konkan, Goa

Pune, Jul 2 (UNI) The southwest monsoon has been vigorous in Orissa and active in Konkan and Goa and Madhya Maharashtra.

In the regions where the southwest monsoon has yet to set in, Day temperatures were appreciably above normal in west Rajasthan and were normal over Haryana and Punjab.

Heavy to very heavy rains are likely to occur at most places in Orissa, Konkan and Goa, coastal Karnataka. Heavy rains are likely to occur at most places in Madhya Maharashtra, coastal Andhra Pradesh Kerala and Gangetic West Bengal.

Rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at most places in Lakshadweep and at many places in Vidarbha, Chattisgarh, Saurashtra, Kutch, Marathwada, Telangana and interior Karnataka, at a few places in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Sub-Himalayaan West Bengal, Sikkim, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rayalaseema and Andaman and Nicobar islands, and at isolated places in Tamil Nadu.

Heavy to very heavy rains have occurred at most places in Orissa, Konkan and Goa and Madhya Maharashtra. Very light rains have occurred at isolated places in Asssam, Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, south interior Karnataka and Andaman and Nicobar islands.

Rain or thundershowers have occurred at most places in Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Jharkhand, coastal Karnataka and Kerala and at a few places in west Bengal and Sikkim, Bihar, Vidarbha, Chattisgarh, Saurashtra and Kutch, Marathwada, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, north interior Karnataka and at isolated places in Uttaranchal, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.

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