Met dept. forecast heavy to very heavy rains in Central and North Gujarat during next 36 hours

Ahmedabad: The Met Department has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall for Central and North Gujarat during next 36 hours even as light to moderate rains were experienced in 90 talukas of 25 districts during last 24 hours.

The bulletin issued by met center here said that owing to the upper cyclonic circulation over East Rajasthan and North West Madhya Pradesh heavy to very heavy rains would take place in central and north Gujarat during next 36 hours. During the last 24 hours maximum rainfall of 70 mm was recorded in Morwa Hadaf taluka of Panchmahal district in central Gujarat.

Ahmedabad which experienced drizzles overnight and most part of the day today saw moderate rains this evening which was likely to continue. The maximum temperature at 30.6 degree Celsius was 1.4 degree below normal while the minimum temperature of 26 degree was slightly (0.6 degree) above normal owing to the high humidity (varying between 84 to 93 %), a precursor of good rains. Some places of Central Gujarat and North Gujarat also experienced rains this afternoon.

The met warning reads – Heavy to very heavy rains most likely at isolated places over Gujarat region and in Daman, Dadra Nagar Haveli till tomorrow morning while for the next 24 hours it has forecast heavy to very heavy rains very likely at isolated places over Gujarat region and in Daman, Dadra Nagar Haveli.

A few more good spells of rains were much needed in Gujarat which has so far seen only 27.02 % of average monsoon downpour this year. The rains would be beneficial for the already sown kharif crops like cotton and groundnuts.

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