Monsoon again becomes moderately active over Gujarat, met issue heavy rain warning for Saurashtra

Ahmedabad: The monsoon has again become moderately active over Gujarat under the effect of an upper air cyclonic circulation which has resulted in light to heavy rains in various parts of the state in last 24 hours even as many places also saw downpours at various pats of Saurashtra, central Gujarat and Kutch.

Met has issued heavy rain warning for isolated places in Saurashtra and in adjoining union territory of Diu for the next 36 hours.

Ahmedabad city also saw spells of drizzles and light rain today. By 6pm in the evening today as many as 61 talukas in 21 districts had witnessed rain. Parts of Bhavnagar, Junagadh, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Valsad, Surendranagar, Anand, Kutch, Ahmedabad, Gir Somnath witnessed from a few mm to 3 inches of rain.

Yesterday 80 talukas of around 24 districts had witnessed rain with Waghai in Dangs district of South Gujarat seeing the maximum of around 3 and a half inches.

The met bulletin today said that morning upper air cyclonic circulation over South West Rajasthan and adjoining Kutch between 2.1 km and 3.1 km above sea levels persists. It was likely to cause heavy rains at isolated parts of Saurashtra tonight and tomorrow.

Ahmedabad is likely to continue to see occasion spells of drizzles.

Temperatures across the state were moderate owing to rain and cloudy sky and increased humidity. Kandla port with maximum of 36.7° C was the place with highest temperature across the state. In Ahmedabad maximum of 35.5° C was around a degree above normal however the minimum at 24.8°C was1.5°C below normal.

The current spell of rain is being deemed as a boon for for the farmers.

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