Heavy rainfall in parts of Saurashtra-Kutch and Central Gujarat, Met issues warning for next 4 days too

Gandhinagar : Met department has issued heavy to very heavy rainfall warning for next four days also even as some places in Saurashtra- Kutch and Central Gujarat have seen 3 to 5.5 inches of rain till 8 pm today.

A total of 126 talukas of 31 districts have seen rain from 6am to 8pm with maximum 139 mm in Porbandar district’s Kutiana.

Porbandar city has seen 104mm, Junagadh’s Manavadar 99mm, Anand’s Borsad 81, Kutch’s Abdasa 72, Vadodara city 67, Gir Somnath’s Una 62, Porbandar’s Ranavav 62
and Bhavnagar’s Umrala 59mm.

Gujarat has crossed 97% rain figure.

The synoptic situation and rainfall warning is as follows –

SYNOPTIC SITUATION:

MORNING’S CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER KUTCH AND NEIGHBOURHOOD EXTENDING UPTO 3.6 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL.

WEATHER WARNING FOR 5 DAYS

DAY 1 (Today) : Heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely at isolated paces in the district of Saurashtra namely Porbandar; Heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the districts of Gujarat region namely Aravalli, Kheda, Panchmahal, Dahod, Mahisagar, Navsari, Valsad and in Daman, Dadra Nagar Haveli; in the districts of Saurashtra-Kutch namely Junagadh, Gir Somnath, Diu and in Kutch district.

DAY 2: Heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the districts of Gujarat region namely Kheda, Anand, Vadodara, Panchmahal and Chhota Udepur; in the districts of Saurashtra namely Surendranagar, Bhavnagar and in Botad.

DAY 3: Heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the districts of North Gujarat region namely Mehsana, Gandhinagar, Aravalli, Kheda, Ahmedabad, Anand and Mahisagar.

DAY 4: Heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the districts of North Gujarat region namely Mehsana, Gandhinagar, Aravalli, Kheda, Ahmedabad, Anand and Mahisagar.

DAY 5: Heavy to very heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the district of North Gujarat region namely Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Aravalli and Mahisagar. Heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the districts of North Gujarat region namely Patan, Mehsana, Gandhinagar, Kheda, Ahmedabad, Panchmahal and Dahod; in the districts of Saurashtra-Kutch namely Surendranagar, Rajkot, Bhavnagar and in Kutch district.