Providing some much-needed relief to the state after several regions had been severely scorched, the southwest monsoon arrived in Maharashtra on Thursday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted that the monsoon would move through Mumbai, the remaining portions of Karnataka, coastal Andhra Pradesh, and southern Chhattisgarh over the next three to four days.Next 72 hours Monsoon will make onset over many parts of Maharashtra with heavy rains & thunderstorms especially over places like Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur, Solapur, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg and from Lonavala to Amboli Ghats. #MaharashtraRains— Mumbai Weather (@IndiaWeatherMan) June 6, 2024The monsoons development has been almost average thus far, but it hasnt reached other places, leaving such areas with persistently high temperatures and scorching conditions, the Indian Meteorological Department said.Apart from this, several areas will see a dip in temperature. Maximum temperatures are in the range of 42-44°C over many parts of Madhya Pradesh in some parts of Vidarbha in isolated pockets of Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi and West Uttar Pradesh and the range of 40-42°C over some parts of Odisha.Today, Maximum temperatures are in the range of 42-44°C over many parts of Madhya Pradesh in some parts of Vidarbha in isolated pockets of Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi and West Uttar Pradesh and in the range of 40-42°C over some parts of Odisha pic.twitter.com/FgNeUYX9qY— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) June 6, 2024In addition to this, hailstorms along with squalls (50-60 km) are very likely in isolated pockets of Uttarakhand and West Rajasthan on June 7. #Hailstorm along with squalls (50-60 kmph) very likely in isolated pockets of Uttarakhand on 06th and West Rajasthan on 07th June, 2024. We are there to Alert and Aware you.#weatherupdate @moesgoi @ndmaindia @DDNational @airnewsalerts@RailMinIndia @DDNewslive @NHAI_Official pic.twitter.com/1Yg1K3T4nX— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) June 6, 2024However, several places will continue to experience severe heat waves for the next few days. This includes Uttar Pradesh, east Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand.उत्तर प्रदेश, पूर्वी मध्य प्रदेश और झारखंड के अलग-अलग स्थानों में 07 जून, 2024 को उष्ण लहर चलने की संभावना है।#weatherupdate #heatwavealert #heatwave@moesgoi @ndmaindia @DDNational @airnewsalerts@RailMinIndia @DDNewslive @NHAI_Official pic.twitter.com/SLD7ko5L4c— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) June 6, 2024