Southwest Monsoon remained vigorous over Gangetic West Bengal, while it was active over Konkan and Goa, Coastal and south interior parts of Karnataka, Interior Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and North Coastal Odisha.
Major rain contribution came from Cherrapunji that recorded 81 mm of rainfall, followed by Santiniketan at 74 mm and Burdwan 73 mm.
On August 15, the cumulative countrywide rainfall stands at -4%. As far as the regional distribution is concerned, Northwest and East and Northeast India are rain surplus by 4% and 2%. Whereas, Central and South India are rain deficient by 8% and 16%, respectively.
At present, the western arm of the axis of Monsoon trough continues to run close to the foothills of Himalayas. The eastern arm of the trough is passing through Patna, Bankura and Digha towards Southwest Bay of Bengal.
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During the next 24 hours, active Monsoon conditions will give light to moderate rains with isolated heavy spells over East Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal, parts of Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Interior Karnataka.
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Meanwhile, Telangana, Konkan and Goa, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Sikkim will observe normal Monsoon.
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