Monsoon likely to cover entire Gujarat this week, IMD predicts heavy rain at places


Ahmedabad, 14 July, 2014

Monday 14th July finally brought some rain to Ahmedabad. The city experienced a round of shower in the evening after heavily clouded sky in the afternoon. However the showers didn’t cover entire city. Some areas including Shahibaug and Paldi continued to remain dry.

Aravalli, Panchamahal, Gandhinagar, Dehgam are other areas of the state that experienced showers.

The city of Ahmedabad had so far received zero mm rain during ongoing monsoon.

According to Director of Ahmedabad office of IMD,We expect, in three days there will be good shower, and at one or two places there will be heavy rainfall.

Law pressure area has been developed over bay of Bengal and Odisha, it will come to Gujarat in three-four days. It will bring good rain particularly in north Gujarat which has not received shower so far.

IMD has predicted heavy to very heavy rain in upstream areas of Ukai dam on 14-15-16 july and also in south Gujarat. The district collector has instructed local government officials to be on alert.

IMD observation and bulletin:

Morning’s upper air cyclonic circulation over north east Arabian sea and adjoining Saurashtra Kutch extending from 3.1 KM above sea level to mid troposphearic level persists. Morning’s off shore through on sea level charts extends from Gujarat coast to Kerala coast persists. Morning’s upper air cyclonic circulation over Gujarat state extends from 1.5 km to 3.1 km above sea level perists.

Forecast for 15 July: Moderate to rather heavy rain/thundershowers would occur at a few places in the districts of Gujarat state.

16 and 17 July: Moderate to rather heavy rain/thundershowers would occur at many places in the districts of Gujarat region and at a few places in the districts of Saurashtra/Kutch.

Monsoon further advances in Gujarat:

Rainfall on Monday:

Rainfall occurred at a few places over Saurashtra and isolated places over rest of the region.
Chief amounts of rainfall recorded in Cms. are :

GUJARAT REGION:Meghraj (dist Sabarkantha) 3, Vijaynagar (dist Sabarkantha) 2, Choryasi (dist Surat) 1, Bhiloda (dist Sabarkantha) 1, Idar (dist Sabarkantha) 1, Khanpur (dist Panchmahal) 1

SAURASHTRA & KUTCH: Kalavad (dist Jamnagar) 3, Lodhika (dist Rajkot) 3, Jasdan (dist Rajkot) 3, Lodhika_arg (dist Rajkot) 3, Kotdasangani (dist Rajkot) 3, Gondal (dist Rajkot) 2, Jamnagar (dist Jamnagar) 2, Shihor (dist Bhavnagar) 1, Amreli (dist Amreli) 1, Visavadar (dist Junagarh) 1, Upleta (dist Rajkot) 1, Dhoraji (dist Rajkot) 1, Dhoraji_arg (dist Rajkot) 1, Babra (dist Amreli) 1