Rains likely in NE states, J

Pune, Dec 19 (UNI) Rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at isolated places in Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Lakshadweep. Mainly dry weather will prevail over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Sikkim, Orissa, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat state, Konkan and Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Andaman and Nicobar.

Rain or thundershowers have occurred at isolated places in Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura. Mainly dry weather prevailed over Arunachal Pradesh, west Bengal and Sikkim, Orissa, Jharkhand and Bihar.

Night temperatures were appreciably below normal in Punjab and north interior Karnataka and in some parts of south Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Rayalaseema and were below normal in northeast Rajasthan and north coastal Karnataka. They were appreciably to markedly above normal in Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, West Bengal, Sikkim, west Rajasthan and in some parts of Saurashtra, Kutch and were above normal in south Tamil Nadu. They were normal over the rest of the country.

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