PUNE: Conditions are becoming favourable for withdrawal of Southwest Monsoon from entire country during next 24 hours, predicted the Indian Meteorological Department in a bulletin here today.
Also, conditions are likely to become favourable for onset of Northeast Monsoon, thereafter.
Thunderstorm, accompanied with lightning and gusty winds, is very likely to occur at isolated places over Tamil Nadu, coastal & south interior Karnataka and Kerala during next 24 hours.
Heavy rain is very likely at isolated expanse of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Tamil Nadu, coastal Karnataka and Kerala during the period.
Shallow to moderate fog is very likely to prevail at isolated pockets of Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Bihar during the period.
The Southwest Monsoon had been active over Kerala, while it was weaker over Tamil Nadu and north interior Karnataka during past 24 hours.
Rain or thundershowers had occurred at most locations in Kerala and at a few slices in Tamil Nadu during the period.
They had occurred at isolated divisions in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Gujarat Region, Konkan, Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Andaman & Nicobar Islands during the period.
Dry weather prevailed over Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Sikkim, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Saurashtra, Kutch, Marathwada, Telangana, Rayalaseema and Lakshadweep during the period.
In the regions from where the Southwest Monsoon had withdrawn, day temperatures were appreciably above normal in some parts of Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, east Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha and Telangana during the period.
They were above par in some sectors of Bihar, west Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Chhattisgarh and coastal Andhra Pradesh as well in remaining belts of Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana during the period.
They were below norm in some sites of Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim and Jammu & Kashmir during the period.
They were normal over the rest of the regions.
The highest maximum temperature of 39.4 degree Celsius was recorded at Bhuj (Kutch).
Night temperatures were appreciably below par in some nooks of Jammu & Kashmir.
They were below normal in some corners of Assam, Meghalaya, Odisha, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, east Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
They were appreciably above norm in some sections of Saurashtra and Kutch as well in remaining portions of west Madhya Pradesh.
They were above par in some locales of Gujarat Region, Konkan, Goa and Madhya Maharashtra as well in remaining tracts of Odisha, Bihar, east Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, east Madhya Pradesh, Saurashtra and Kutch.
They were normal over the rest of the regions.
The lowest minimum temperature of 13.8 degree C was recorded at Ludhiana (Punjab).