Southwest Monsoon Covers Vidarbha region
	17:27 IST

According to the latest observations by the India Meteorological Department, the Southwest monsoon has further advanced today, the 27th  June 2009, into entire Vidarbha, remaining parts of Talengana, some more parts of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Orissa. The northern limit of monsoon passes through (Lat. 23.0°N / Long. 60.0°E and Lat. 23.0°N / Long. 65.0°E), Bhuj, Baroda, Indore, Hosangabad, Rajnandgaon, Cuttack, Balasore, Bankura and Gangtok. This indicates that the conditions are favourable for further advance of southwest monsoon over some more parts of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Orissa and remaining parts of West Bengal & Sikkim and some parts of Bihar, Jharkhand and East Uttar Pradesh during next 2-  3 days. Current Meteorological Conditions are as follows: ·               An off shore trough at mean sea level extends from north Konkan coast  to Kerala coast. ·             An upper air cyclonic circulation in middle Tropospheric levels over west central Bay of Bengal. ·           An upper air cyclonic circulation in lower levels over north Chhattisgarh and neighbourhood. ·             Fairly widespread to scattered rainfall has occurred over west Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, south Orissa, Vidarbha and Telangana.  PRA