Severe heat wave prevailed in parts of Gujarat

Ahmedabad:  Severe heat wave conditions prevailed in isolated pockets of districts of Saurasthra namely Porbandar, Gir Somnath, Kutch and in South Gujarat in Valsad and adjoining union territory of Diu while heat wave was felt at isolated places in Bhavnagar district today.

The met department has issued heat wave warning for tomorrow as well. It reads, ‘ HEAT WAVE CONDITIONS VERY LIKELY TO PREVAIL AT ISOLATED POCKETS IN THE DISTRICTS OF SOUTH GUJARAT REGION, SAURASHTRA-KUTCH NAMELY SURAT, VALSAD, NAVSARI, PORBANDAR, JUNAGADH, GIR SOMNATH, BHAVNAGAR, KUTCH DISTRICT AND IN DIU, DAMAN, DADRA NAGAR HAVELI.’

        In Ahmedabad the maximum temperature was38.0°C which was 1.3°C above normal.

      The met has not predicted any large change in temperatures in next couple of days.

The maximum and minimum temperatures at various places across Gujarat and the adjoining UT of Diu today were as follows – PORBANDAR 39.3 23.3 AHMEDABAD 38.0 22.6 RAJKOT 39.3 22.2 DEESA 37.6 21.0 VERAVAL 38.4 25.1 GANDHINAGAR 37.4 24.0 DIU 38.2 18.6 SURENDRANAGAR 39.3 23.6 V.V. NAGAR 37.5 22.3 MAHUVA 39.8 21.3 VADODARA 38.7 21.4 BHUJ 39.5 24.0 SURAT 39.6 23.6 VALSAD 39.9 20.6NALIYA 38.0 21.0 KANDLA PORT 38.1 23.2 BHAVNAGAR 37.0 25.0 DWARKA 37.2 22.2.

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