The monsoon is expected to withdraw from this region this week.In spite of the delayed withdrawal of the monsoon, this year, the atmospheric humidity levels across the country is relatively lower than that in the corresponding period in the previous year. If this situation persists for some time, winter will be more cold this year and chances of fog, mist and haze will be less this year. This resulting weather condition will, thus, be a boon to rabi crops.

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY LEVELS: Atomospheric humidity level is highest in Delhi city with 31 per cent above normal. In Pune, Bhopal and Hissar it is 20 per cent above normal whilst in Ahmedabad, Nagpur and Shillong it is 17 to 18 per cent above normal. In Imphal, Patna, Hyderabad, Lucknow and Varanasi the atmospheric humiditylevels are about 15 per cent above normal.

In Patiala, Chennai, Mumbai and Allahabad the atmospheric humidity levels are around 10 per cent above normal. In most other cities of the country the atmospheric humidity levels are much lower than 10 per cent above normal or near normal. Atmospheric humidity levels are markedly below normal by 16 per cent in Srinagar and by 11 per cent in Jammu.

HAZE SITUATION: In the early hours of the morning haze was seen in Jammu, Amritsar, Jaipur, Lucknow, Varanasi, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Bhopal, Guwahati, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna and Pune. But there was no occurrances of heavy fog or mist so far from anywhere.

TEMPERATURES: Day temperatures are near normal all over the country.

WEATHER FORECAST: Rainfall activity would be normal over peninsula India and Maharashtra. Scattered light rains are also expected over northeast India, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, MP, West Bengal, Orissa and south Gujarat.

PREVIOUS WEEK'S REVIEW:During the week ended October 6, rainfall occurred all over the country.

Monsoon was vigorous onsome days in east UP, central Maharashtra, south interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. Rainfall was active in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. Rainfall also occurred at many places in sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Gujarat region, Konkan, Goa, Marathawada, Vidarbha, Bihar plains, east MP and coastal Karnataka and at few places in Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, east Rajasthan, hills of west UP, Saurashtra, Kutch, Gangetic West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar plateau, west MP, Assam, Meghalaya and Lakshadweep.

Rainfall occurred at isolated places in plains of west UP and Telangana.During the week rainfall was excess in east UP, plains of west UP, hills of west UP, west Rajasthan, east Rajasthan, west MP, Gujarat region, Daman, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Saurashtra, Kutch, Diu, Konkan, Goa, central Maharashtra, Marathawada, Vidarbha, Rayalaseema, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, northinterior Karnataka, south interior Karnataka, Kerala and Lakshadweep whereas there was normal rains in Bihar plains, Jammu and Kashmir, coastal Andhra Pradesh and coastal Karnataka.