Cold wave to continue in parts of Gujarat tomorrow also, Naliya coldest at 4.6°C

Gandhinagar: Cold wave conditions prevailed in parts of Kutch-Saurashtra and North Gujarat today with Naliya remaining coldest across the state with mercury dipping to the lowest of this winter so far at 4.6 degree Celsius.

Met has predicted continuing of cold wave in the same areas tomorrow as well.

At least 5 places recorded below 10 °C temperatures in the state. Deesa at 7.6 °C was second coldest while Bhuj and Kandla airport recorded a similar minimum of 9 °C and remained third in this record. Amreli saw a minimum of 9.2 °C.

In Ahmedabad the maximum at 25.2°C was almost 3 notches below normal while the minimum at 11.6°C was also almost a notch below normal. The people in this largest city of the state felt biting cold feeling during the morning hours. The temperature in the city to fall further tomorrow like most of the places in the state.

The met bulletin issued by the IMD center in Ahmedabad has given cold wave warning for tomorrow as well. It said that cold wave was very likely to prevail at isolated pockets in the districts of North and Central Gujarat namely Banaskantha, Anand; in the districts of Saurashtra-Kutch namely Rajkot, Amreli and in Kutch.

Heavy snowfall in North India and North Easterly winds prevailing at lower levels over various places in Gujarat has caused the dip in mercury.

The met bulletin said that fall in minimum temperatures by 2 to 3 degree Celsius was very likely over the region during next 24 hrs. Thereafter no large change in minimum temperatures very likely during subsequent 48 hours over the region.

The maximum and minimum temperatures at various places across the state today was as following – PORBANDAR 27.4 13.0 AHMEDABAD 25.2 11.6 RAJKOT 26.3 12.0 DEESA 26.6 07.8 VERAVAL 27.3 13.9 GANDHINAGAR 26.0 11.6 DIU 29.4 11.6 SURENDRANAGAR 25.4 12.0 V.V. NAGAR 24.6 10.9 MAHUVA 28.0 15.1 KESHOD 27.4 10.4 VADODARA 25.4 15.0 BHUJ 26.3 09.0 SURAT 28.6 16.2 VALSAD 31.4 15.1 NALIYA 27.6 04.6 KUTCH KANDLA PORT 29.9 12.2 KANDLA AIRPORT 25.8 09.0 AMRELI 25.8 09.2 BHAVNAGAR 25.1 17.5 DWARKA 25.2 15.7 OKHA 24.7 18.9.

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