Light to moderate rain in 74 talukas till 8 pm, met continues heavy rainfall warning

Gandhinagar: Average rain percentage figure has inched quite closer to 100% mark today even as moderate rain has taken place at some place in Gujarat today.

Met has continued its heavy rain warning for the next four days and during the night tonight.

From 6 am to 8 pm today 74 talukas of 27 district have seen some amount of rain with Mundra in Kutch seeing moderate maximum of 49mm, Sayla in Surendranagar 47mm, Kaprada in Valsad 46 mm, Khamba in Amreli 43 mm, Wagahi in Dang and Junagadh city 35 mm each while Dhari in Amreli, Jasdan in Rajkot and Unjha in Mahesana have seen 29, 28 and 27 mm respectively.

In the 24 hour ending 6 am today a total of 116 talukas of 31 districts had seen rain with maximum 135 mm in Lodhika of Rajkot district. Palitana in Bhavnagar has seen 131 mm, Botad 108mm, Rajkot 86 mm, Chikhli in Navsari 68 mm and Rapar in Kutch 66 mm.

The state had till 6 am today seen 99.04% of seasonal rain.
Meanwhile, the synoptic situation and heavy rain warnings as per the met bulletin are as following –

SYNOPTIC SITUATION:

Morning’s cyclonic circulation over Kutch and neighbourhood extending up to 0.9 km above mean sea level persists.

The monsoon trough at mean sea level now passes through Anupgarh, Sikar, Guna, Jabalpur, Pendra road, Jharsuguda and thence southeastwards to centre of low pressure area over northwest bay of Bengal & adjoining north Odisha west Bengal coasts.

The east west shear zone roughly along 20°N between 3.1 km & 5.8 km above mean sea level tilting southwards with height persists.

WEATHER WARNING-

DAY 1 (Today): Heavy to very heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the districts of South Gujarat region namely Bharuch, Surat, Navsari, Valsad and in Daman, Dadra Nagar Haveli. Heavy rains very likely at isolated places in North Gujarat region namely Dahod, Mahisagar and Aravalli; in the districts of Saurashtra- Kutch namely Bhavnagar, Morbi and in Kutch.

DAY 2: Heavy to very heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the districts of South Gujarat region namely Vadodara, Chhota Udepur, Narmada, Dangs, and Tapi. Heavy rains very likely at isolated places in Gujarat region namely Kheda, Anand, Panchmahal, Navsari, Valsad and in Daman, Dadra Nagar Haveli; in the districts of Saurashtra- Kutch namely Amreli, Bhavnagar, Botad, Kutch.
DAY 3: Heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the districts of South Gujarat region namely Navsari, Valsad and in Daman, Dadra Nagar Haveli; in the districts of Saurashtra- Kutch namely Amreli, Bhavnagar, Gir Somnath, Kutch.

DAY 4: Heavy to very heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the districts of South Gujarat region namely Vadodara, Chhota Udepur, Narmada, Bharuch; Heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the districts of Gujarat region namely Anand, Surat, Navsari, Valsad and in Daman, Dadra Nagar Haveli; in the districts of Saurashtra namely Bhavnagar, Botad.

DAY 5: Heavy to very heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the district of Gujarat region namely Kheda, Anand, Vadodara, Panchmahal, Chhota Udepur and Dahod. Heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the district of North Gujarat region namely Ahmedabad; in the districts of Saurashtra namely Surendranagar, Amreli, Bhavnagar and Gir Somnath.

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