Weather update: Southwest monsoon to enter remaining parts of Arabian Sea and Gujarat during next two days

Conditions are favourable for further the advance of the Southwest monsoon into the remaining parts of the Arabian Sea and Gujarat. The monsoon will also enter some parts of Rajasthan, the remaining parts of Madhya Pradesh, entire Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh over the coming 48 hours.

Between June 30 and July 1, the Southwest Monsoon will advance into some parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) also predicted rainfall activity in several states due to the advancement of the monsoon.

In its weather bulletin, the IMD, said, "Fairly widespread/widespread light/moderate rainfall & isolated thunderstorm/lightning very likely over Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana-Chandigarh, Punjab, East Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh during 29th June-01st July and with isolated/scattered rainfall activity over Jammu & Kashmir and West Rajasthan during next 5 days."

Meanwhile, isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely over Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on June 30 and over West Uttar Pradesh till July 1. East Rajasthan will also witness heavy rainfall from June 30 to July 2. Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is forecasted over several parts of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh till July 2.

Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal will also witness fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with thunderstorms or lightning over Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal during the next five days. Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim will also witness heavy rainfall on June 30.

Rainfall is also predicted over Konkan and Goa and southern states, including, Kerala and Karnataka over the coming few days. The MeT Department said, "Widespread rainfall & thunderstorm/lightning with isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely over Konkan & Goa, Coastal Karnataka and Kerala & Mahe and scattered to fairly widespread rainfall activity over Gujarat, Madhya Maharashtra and Interior Karnataka during next 5 days."

Meanwhile, isolated heavy rainfall and thunderstorms or lightning are very likely over northeast India during the next few days.