Monsoon looking subdued, no heavy rain warning

Gandhinagar: Monsoon remained subdued today even as it was vigorous in last 24 hours ending 6 am.

A total of 248 talukas of 33 districts saw rain with maximum
321 in Nakhatrana of Kutch district in last 24 hours.

Today till 8 pm even though 193 talukas have seen ran yet the maximum is just one and a half inch in Olpad of Surat. Met has not issued any heavy rain warning for tomorrow.

The synoptic situation and heavy rain warning for five days including today is as follows –

SYNOPTIC SITUATION:

MORNING’S WELL MARKED LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER NORTHERN PARTS OF KUTCH NOW LIES OVER SOUTH EAST PAKISTAN & NEIGHBOURHOOD WITH ASSOCIATED CYCLONIC CIRCULATION EXTENDING UPTO 5.8 KM. ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL TILTING SOUTHWESTWARD WITH HEIGHT.

THE MONSOON TROUGH AT MEAN SEA LEVEL NOW PASSES THROUGH CENTER OF WELL MARKED LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER SOUTHEAST PAKISTAN & NEIGHBOURHOOD, TONK, GWALIOR, VARANASI, PATNA, BANKURA, DIGHA AND THENCE SOUTHEASTWARDS TO EASTCENTRAL BAY OF BENGAL.
MORNING’S OFFSHORE TROUGH AT MEAN SEA LEVEL FROM SOUTH GUJARAT COAST TO LAKSHADWEEP AREA PERSISTS.

WEATHER WARNING FOR 5 DAYS

DAY 1 : Heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the districts of Saurashtra-Kutch namely Dwarka, Jamnagar and Kutch.

DAY 2: NIL.

DAY 3: Heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the districts of South Gujarat region namely Dangs, Navsari, Valsad, Tapi and in Daman, Dadra Nagar Haveli.

DAY 4: Heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the districts of South Gujarat region namely Navsari, Valsad, Tapi and in Daman, Dadra Nagar Haveli

DAY 5: NIL