SW monsoon vigorous over west MP

Pune, Aug 1 (UNI) Southwest monsoon has been vigorous over west Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat and active over Orissa and east Rajasthan.

It has been subdued over Tamil Nadu.

Heavy to very heavy rain are likely to occur at most places in Gujarat.

Heavy rains are likely to occur at most places in Orissa, Konkan and Goa, coastal Karnataka and at many places in Madhya Maharashtra.

Rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at most places in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and at many places in Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Vidarbha, Chattisgarh, coastal Andhra Pradesh, south interior Karnataka, Kerala and at a few places in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Bihar, UTtar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu, Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Marathwada, Telangana, Rayalaseema, Tamil Nadu, north interior Karnataka and Lakshadweep.

Heavy to very heavy rains have occurred at many places in east Rajasthan, west Madhya Pradesh and Madhya Maharashtra.

Heavy rains have occurred at most places in Orissa, Gujarat, Konkan and Goa.

Very light rains have occurred at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh, Vidarbha, Marathwada and south interior Karnataka.

Rain or thundershowers have occurred at most places in coastal Karnataka, north interior Karnataka, Kerala and at many places in Jharkhand, west Uttar Pradesh, Chattisgarh and at a few places in Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, West Bengal and Sikkim, east Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Saurashtra, Kutch, Rayalaseema, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep and at isolated places in Arunachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Haryana, west Rajasthan east Madhya Pradesh, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

Mainly dry weather prevailed over Bihar, Punjab and Telangana.

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