Pune, June 26 -- Southwest monsoon has advanced over some more parts of Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab, with conditions being favourable for its further progress over remaining parts of the country during the next 3-4 days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said today.

The IMD bulletin said day temperatures were markedly above normal (more than 5.1degC) at isolated places over Odisha. appreciably above normal (3.1degC to 5.0degC) at a few places over Arunachal Pradesh; at isolated places over sub Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal.

The day temperatures were above normal (1.6degC to 3.0degC) at many places over Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh, Gilgit, Baltistan, Muzaffarabad; at a few places over Assam an...