Amdavad yet to witness monsoon, today’s downpour pre-monsoon activity:Sarkar

Ahmedabad:

Even as the monsoon has finally arrived in the southern parts and coastal Saurashtra of Gujarat and around 20 of the total 33 districts and almost 60 talukas witnessing average to light rainfall in last 24 hours, the central and northern parts of the state is yet to witness the proper onset of monsoon rains.

Ahmedabad Met center Director Jayanta Sarkar today said that the rain witnessed by Ahmedabad and some other parts of the central and northern region of the state was not a monsoon rain but its pre-cursor or pre-monsoon drizzles.

‘The monsoon has properly set its foot in Southern Gujarat and Coastal Saurashtra where many places saw second consecutive day of raining but Ahmedabad and other parts of the state are yet to witness it. The increased humidity and scattered downpours is a good sing and it may expedite the advancement of the monsoon towards central and Northern parts which in next 24 hours would witness scattered rainfall,’ he said.

To a query as to when the monsoon is expected to arrive in the northern and central parts of the state, Mr. Sarkar said that it might happen as early as tomorrow, the system is favourable but currently it is likely to hover around South and Coastal Gujarat.

During the last 24 hours Kamrej taluka of Surat district has witnessed the maximum rainfall of around 3 inches. Vaslad, Tapi, Narmada in South Gujarat and Junagadh, Amreli, Gir Somnath and Jamnagar witnessed light to medium downpour of monsoon in coastal saurashtra during last 24 hours.

Many parts of Ahmedabad city including Ghatlodia, Memnagar, Thaltej etc also saw light to medium rain today.

Most parts of the state however remained cloudy today dipping the temperatures but the increased humidity has caused increase in sweating.

– DeshGujarat