After two days of slow-down, Monsoon likely to race up again from tomorrow, Met issues warning

Gandhinagar: After 2 days of slowing down, the Monsoon is likely to become somewhat vigorous again from tomorrow as the met department has issued heavy to very heavy rainfall warning for the next three days.

In the last 24 hours ending 6 am today, the highest rain fall was only 39mm in Olpad of Surat district even though all the 33 districts and 203 talukas had seen rain.

From 6 am to 4 pm today, only 31 talukas of 14 districts had seen rain with maximum being only 14 mm in Waghai of Dang district in South Gujarat. Even though rain remained subdued in last two days, a large number of roads mostly the rural ones managed by Panchayats were still closed due to non recession of water. Almost 200 such roads were affected along with 7 state high ways.

Due to the recent spell of very heavy to extremely heavy rain fall the state’s rain percentage has shot to 83.95%. Kutch region and district notorious for scanty rain was now at the top in this regard with 101.44%. South Gujarat has seen 101.27%, Saurashtra 75.09, East Central Gujarat 79.91 and North Gujarat, the lowest at 56.56 till 6 am today. The synoptic situation and rainfall warning as per the met bulletin is as following – SYNOPTIC SITUATION: MORNING’S OFFSHORE TROUGH AT MEAN SEA LEVEL FROM SOUTH GUJARAT COAST TO LAKSHADWEEP AREA PERSISTS.

WEATHER WARNING FOR 5 DAYS

DAY 1 (Today): NIL

DAY 2:Heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the districts of South Gujarat region namely Navsari, Valsad and in Daman, Dadra Nagar Haveli

DAY 3:Heavy to very heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the districts of North Gujarat region namely Panchmahal, Dahod and Mahisagar. Heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the districts of South Gujarat region namely Navsari, Valsad and in Daman, Dadra Nagar Haveli

DAY 4: Heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the districts of North Gujarat region namely Sabarkantha, Aravalli, Dahod and in Mahisagar

DAY 5: NIL