Met extends port/fishermen warning till tomorrow, spell of heavy rain to stop from September 2 in Gujarat

Ahmedabad: The met department in its latest bulletin has extended it port warning and advise to fishermen to not to venture in to sea along and off Gujarat coast till tomorrow.

Earlier the port/fishermen warning was till today only. The latest spell of heavy rain which has taken the monsoon rain figure in Gujarat above 100% mark in likelihood will subside from September 2.

The latest heavy rain fall warning issued today is as following –

August 30 – Heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places with isolated extremely heavy falls very likely in the districts of Gujarat region namely, Valsad and in Daman and Dadra nagar Haveli; heavy to very heavy rain very likely at isolated places in the districts of Gujarat region namely Anand, Navsari, Baroda, Bharuch; heavy to very heavy rain at a few places with isolated extremely heavy falls in the districts of Saurashtra-Kutch namely Rajkot, Porbandar,Jamnagar, Junagadh, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Kutch; Heavy to very heavy rain very likely at a few places in the districts of Saurashtra namely Botad, Morbi, Surendranagar, havnagar, Amreli, Gir Somanth and in Diu.

August 31- Heavy rain very likely at isolated places in the districts of south Gujarat region namely Valsad, and in Daman Dadra Nagar Haveli; heavy to very heavy rain very likely at isolated places in the districts of Saurashtra-Kutch namely Jamnagar, Porbandar, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Kutch, Morbi.

September 1- Heavy rain very likely at isolated places in Kutch district.

Port Warning: Due to active monsoon condition, markedly squally weather is very likely to prevail near the ports along Gujarat coast. Sea condition will be moderate to rough along and off Gujarat coast during August 30 to 31.

Fishermen warning: Fishermen are advised not to venture into the Sea along & off Gujarat coast during 30th and 31st August.

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