North India: Weather in Delhi and northern plains will be hot and dry for most days of the week. Maximums will rise by 3 to 4 degrees to settle between 42⁰C and 44⁰C. Extreme west Rajasthan will observe maximum settling close to 45⁰C and above. Possibility of mild dust storms cannot be ruled out during the weekdays but it may fail to give any rain or provide any relief from the heat in northern plains . Weather models suggests, thundershowers in the northern plains are likely only over the weekend when the wind pattern may change again from dry northwesterly to humid southwesterly winds. Up in the hills, isolated light to moderate rain may occur at Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
East and Northeast India: Weather in East India will be dry in west Uttar Pradesh and rainy in cities along the foothills of east Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Here light scattered rain is likely to occur for three to four days starting from Monday 16th June. In Sub Himalayan West Bengal and Northeast rain is expected to continue for the entire week but towards the weekend, the intensity may increase and become heavy. Despite ongoing rain, Assam and Meghalaya continue to reel under rain deficit of over 37% (from 1 June to 16 June). While maximum in East India will dip due to a persistent cloud cover, Northeast is already witnessing very cool days with maximums settling close to 30⁰C.
Central India: That sweltering heat wave which is a famous feature in Central India, has now eluded the region. Maximums have dropped as the Monsoon air mass is in proximity and is continuously feeding rain to interior Maharashtra as well as to Madhya Pradesh and Odisha. This week weather in Central India is going to be cooler due to good amounts of rain (isolated heavy) in Chhattisgarh, Vidarbha, east Madhya Pradesh and almost entire Odisha. This rain activity may however, ease out from the Sunday onwards. South Gujarat on the other hand may witness a decrease in rain this week as the Monsoons surge may shift towards Goa and Karnataka. Northern Gujarat will remain dry and warm with maximums around 40⁰C.
South India: Weather in South India will witness a large variation when it comes to monsoon rains. While the west coast will be the center of activity, east coast will be mainly dry this week. The week will start with good monsoon showers over Mumbai but rain will soon reduce after first two days. The rain belt will then shift towards Goa and Karnataka where heavy to very heavy rain, exceeding 100 mm may occur on the 18th and 19th of June. Interior Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu will receive scanty rain and the deficit will continue.