Chhota Udepur sees very heavy rain for second consecutive day, met predicts more such spells in Gujarat in next 3 days

Gandhinagar: The met has predicted heavy rainfall in various parts of Gujarat in the next two days and today as well under the influence of two systems.

From 6 am to 8 pm tonight a total of 102 talukas of 21 districts in Gujarat have seen rain with maximum 264mm in Chhota Udepur, Quant, Jetpur Pavi and Naswadi talukas of Chhota Udepur district have also seen 200, 130 and 127 mm of rain respectively. Dhanpur in Dahod 91, Kukarmunda in Tapi 83, Jambughoda in Panchmahal 75, Godhara 69 and Singvad in Dahod received 62mm of rain.
In the last 24 hours ending 6am today 87 talukas of 22 districts had seen rain with maximum 263 in Quant of Chhota Udepur, however only 7 talukas had seen one inch or more rain.

According to met bulletin issued this evening, the synoptic situation and heavy rainfall warnings were as following-

SYNOPTIC SITUATION:-

MORNING’S DEPRESSION OVER NORTH CHHATTISGARH & NEIGHBOURHOOD MOVED WEST NORTHWESTWARDS AND LAY CENTRED AT 1430 HOURS IST OF TODAY OVER NORTHEAST MADHYA PRADESH & NEIGHBOURHOOD. IT IS VERY LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO MOVE WESTNORTHWESTWARDS AND WEAKEN GRADUALLY INTO A WELL MARKED LOW PRESSURE AREA DURING NEXT 48 HOURS.

A TROUGH BETWEEN 3.1 & 7.6 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL RUNS FROM SOUTHWEST RAJASTHAN TO NORTHWEST BAY OF BENGAL ACROSS MADHYA PRADESH, CYCLONIC CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEPRESSION OVER NORTH CHHATTISGARH & NEIGHBOURHOOD AND ODISHA TILTING SOUTHWARDS WITH HEIGHT.

Weather Warning For 5 days including today –

DAY 1 (Today): Heavy to very heavy rains very likely at isolated places with isolated extremely heavy falls in the districts of Gujarat region namely Panchmahal, Dahod, Chhota Udepur. Heavy to very heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the district of Gujarat region namely Vadodara, Narmada, Bharuch, Surat, Dangs, Navsari, Valsad, Tapi. Heavy rains very likely at isolated places in Daman, Dadra Nagar Haveli. Heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the districts of North Gujarat region namely Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Ahmedabad, Anand. Heavy to very heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the districts of Saurashtra namely Bhavnagar, Botad.

DAY 2: Heavy to very heavy rains very likely at a few places with isolated extremely heavy falls in the districts of Gujarat region namely Anand, Vadodara, Bharuch. Heavy to very heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the district of Gujarat region namely Panchmahal, Chhota Udepur, Narmada, Surat, Dangs, Navsari, Valsad, Tapi and in Daman, Dadra Nagar Haveli. Heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the districts of North Gujarat region namely Banaskantha, Patan, Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar, Aravalli, Kheda, Ahmedabad, Dahod. Heavy to very heavy rains very likely at a few places with isolated extremely heavy falls in the districts of Saurashtra namely Rajkot, Junagadh, Amreli. Heavy to very heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the district of Saurashtra-Kutch namely Jamnagar, Porbandar, Bhavnagar, Dwarka, Gir Somnath, Kutch.

DAY 3: Heavy to very heavy rains very likely at isolated in the district of South Gujarat region namely Navsari, Valsad. Heavy to very heavy rains very likely at isolated in the district of Saurashtra namely Rajkot, Jamnagar, Dwarka. Heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the districts of North Gujarat region namely Banaskantha, Patan. Heavy rains very likely at isolated in Kutch district.

DAY 4: Heavy rains very likely at isolated in the district of South Gujarat region namely Navsari, Valsad; in the districts of Saurashtra- Kutch namely Dwarka, Kutch.

DAY 5: NIL

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