Rains likely in Lakshadweep, Kerala

Pune, Mar 21 (UNI) Rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at most places in Lakshadweep and Kerala.

Rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at many places in Tamil Nadu, coastal Karnataka, south interior Karnataka and at a few places in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Melghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, West Bengal, Sikkim, Orissa, Jharkhand, Bihar, Chattisgarh, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Rayalseema, north interior Karnataka, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at isolated places in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, east Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Gujarat, Konkan, Goa, Madhya Maharashtra and Telangana.

Mainly dry weather will prevail in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan.

Day temperatures were markedly above normal in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh and in some parts of Punjab and Rajasthan. They were appreciably above normal in west Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh and in some parts of Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, coastal Orissa, Jharkhand, east Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat state and Madhya Maharashtra. They were above normal in some parts of Gangetic West Bengal, Vidarbha and coastal Andhra Pradesh.

Day temperatures were appreciably below normal in interior Tamil Nadu, south interior Karnataka and Kerala and were normal over the rest of the country.

Night temperatures were markedly above normal in some parts of Punjab, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Maharashtra and Marathwada. They were appreciably above normal in some parts of Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, interior Orissa, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, east Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Vidarbha, south Chattisgarh, Telangana and coastal Andhra Pradesh. They were above normal in Goa and Rayalaseema and in some parts of Jharkhand and Bihar.

Night temperatures were below normal in south coastal Karnataka and Kerala and were normal over the rest of the country.

Rain or thundershowers have occurred at most places in Assam, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, south interior Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep and at many places in Jharkhand.

Rain or thundershowrs have occurred at a few places in Arunachal Pradesh, Gangetic West Bengal, Rayalseema, and at isolated places in Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, Orissa, east Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chattisgarh, east Madhya Pradesh, Marathwada, coastal Andhra Pradesh and coastal Karnataka.

Mainly dry weather prevailed in west Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Konkan, Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Telangana, north interior Karnataka and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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