Heavy rainfall warning for isolated places in 4 districts of South Gujarat from June 9:MET

Ahmedabad:

Even as the South West Monsoon after itssomewhat early arrival was also advancing quite quickly, the met department today issued heavy rainfall warning for isolated places in South Gujarat on June 9 and 10 giving rise to the hopes of the Monsoon touching this western state soon.

With favourable condition for advancement of monsoon and continuation of pre-monsoon showers at isolated places in South Gujarat and Saurashtra region, light to moderate rain was also witnessed in the region today as well.

Southwesterly to westerly winds are prevailing at the lower levels over the region. Cloudy to partly cloudy sky was also witnessed.

The met bulletin today issued heavy rainfall warning for isolated places across four districts of South Gujarat namely Valsad, Navsari, Surat and Bharuch on June 9 and 8. The Monsoon is also likely to arrive Gujarat either with it or withing a few days after it. Notably, the normal date of arrival of monsoon in Gujarat is June 15.

The spell of light to moderate rainfall would continue prior to that and it would somewhat intensify from today.

DeshGujarat