Advance of Southwest Monsoon:
➢ The Northern Limit of Monsoon continues to pass through 20.5°N/60°E, 20.5°N/63°E, 20.5°N/70°E, Navsari, Jalgaon, Mandla, Pendra Road, Jharsuguda, Balasore, Haldia, Pakur, Sahibganj and Raxaul.
➢ Conditions are favourable for further advance of Southwest Monsoon into some more parts of North Arabian Sea, Gujarat State, remaining parts of Maharashtra, some more parts of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar and some parts of East Uttar Pradesh during next 3-4 days.
❖ A Western Disturbance seen as a trough in middle tropospheric westerlies roughly along Long. 69°E to the north of Lat. 28°N and an induced cyclonic circulation lies over northwest Uttar Pradesh in lower tropospheric levels. Under its influence;
Isolated to scattered light to moderate rainfall with thunderstorm, lightning & gusty winds (30-40 kmph) very likely over Uttar Pradesh & Rajasthan during next 5 days.
❖ Under the influence of lower level easterlies from Bay of Bengal; Scattered to fairly widespread rainfall over Uttarakhand and East Uttar Pradesh during next 7 days. Isolated heavy rainfall very likely over Uttarakhand during 23rd-26th and East Uttar Pradesh during 24th-26th June.
❖ Yesterday, Maximum temperatures were in the range of 40-42°C in some parts of West Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh; in isolated
pockets of Haryana-Delhi and Gujarat state and Maximum temperatures departures were below normal by 2-4°C over some parts of Northwest India.
Heat Wave warning for next 5 days:
❖ Heat wave conditions very likely in isolated/some pockets of West Uttar Pradesh during 22nd-24th; Jammu division during 23rd-26th June and abate thereafter.