Heat-wave vanish due to upper air cyclonic circulation and increased humidity, temperatures also see marginal drop

Ahmedabad:

The heat-wave in Gujarat vanished today and temperatures across the state subsided a bit under the influence of an upper air cyclonic circulation over north Gujarat and neighbourhood and increased humidity.

The met bulletin today said that the cyclonic circulation was situated 1.5 and 2.1 km above mean sea level.

Kandla airport which had seen over 45 º C temperature 3 days back remained hottest with 43.7 º C. Amreli at 43.4 º C was second while Rajkot at 43 º C was third.

Ahmedabad saw a maximum of 42.4°C which was almost half a notch above normal while the minimum at 26.4°C was almost a notch below normal.

The relative humidity at various places has also increased and in Ahmedabad it varied from 30 to 70%.

The met department without issuing any fresh heat-wave warning has predicted that the maximum temperature in some parts of Gujarat would be between 41°C to 44°C.

The maximum and minimum temperatures at various places across the state today were as following-

PORBANDAR 35.7 28.2 AHMEDABAD 42.4 26.4 RAJKOT 43.0 27.7 DEESA 41.1 27.5 VERAVAL 33.9 28.0 GANDHINAGAR 42.5 27.0 IDAR 42.2 27.6 SURENDRANAGAR 42.8 27.8 V.V. NAGAR 41.9 27.8 MAHUVA 36.4 22.0 VADODARA 41.7 28.0 BHUJ 41.6 25.4 SURAT 34.8 28.8 VALSAD 34.9 23.6NALIYA 36.4 27.2 KANDLA PORT 38.4 28.0 AMRELI 43.4 26.8 KANDLA AIRPORT 43.7 27.5 BHAVNAGAR 39.9 25.6 DWARKA 34.0 27.8.

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