Met issues cold wave warning for parts of Saurashtra-Kutch; Ahmedabad 6° C colder in a day

Ahmedabad: Met department has issued cold wave warning for parts of Kutch and Saurashtra region of Gujarat for 24 hours ending tomorrow morning even as temperatures across the state have fallen a good deal in the last 24 hours with Naliya at 6.6 degree Celsius remaining coldest.

While Gandhinagar and Mandvi with minimum of 7 ° C were also quite cold in the last 24 hours while minimum temperature in Ahmedabad was recorded at 10.2° C (3 degree below normal) which was over 6 degrees less that the figure of 16.3 ° C of the day before.

The met bulletin today said that northeasterly winds were bringing cold from the northern regions of the country which have seen heavy snowfall. The forecast read- cold wave conditions very likely at isolated places over Saurashtra-Kutch till tomorrow morning (up to 8 am).

However the bulletin did not contain any cold wave warning for the days beyond this period.

With fall in temperatures accompanied by wind feeling of biting cold has returned at many places including Ahmedabad especially during early morning and late night.

Maximum and Minimum temperatures at various places across Gujarat during last 24 hours was as following –

PORBANDAR 28.5 10.5 AHMEDABAD 26.6 10.2 RAJKOT 27.8 10.4 DEESA 27.6 09.0 VERAVAL 27.0 13.3 GANDHI NAGAR 27.0 07.0 SURENDRANAGAR 28.5 11.5 V.V. NAGAR 27.2 13.0 MAHUVA 27.4 12.3 VADODARA 27.1 11.3 BHUJ 27.5 10.6 SURAT 27.6 13.8 MANDVI 25.0 07.0 VALSAD 31.9 12.1 NALIYA 26.6 06.6 KANDLA PORT 26.6 10.5 AMRELI 28.8 11.0 BHAVNAGAR 25.1 15.0 DWARKA 25.6 14.2 OKHA 23.4 17.4.

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