After a brief break, cold-wave back in parts of Gujarat, at least 8 places see mercury sliding in single digit zone

Gandhinagar: Cold wave conditions prevailed again today after a brief halt yesterday in parts of Gujarat with mercury sliding in to single digit zone at at-least 8 places across the state, which is highest in this regard so far this winter.

Naliya at 6 °C was coldest as the maximum and minimum temperatures were up to 6 notches below normal in the state today.

Cold wave conditions prevailed at isolated pockets in the districts of Saurashtra- Kutch namely Porbandar, Rajkot, Amreli and Kutch and the met has issued similar warnings for these places for tomorrow as well.

Among other places with below 10 °C temperatures were Bhuj 7.2, Rajkot 8.3, Deesa 8.7, Keshod 8.8, Porbandar and Kandla port 9 and Kandla Airport 9.5.

In Ahmedabad the minimum was comparatively moderate at 12.5 °C which was almost normal.

The met bulletin issued by the IMD center in Ahmedabad this evening said that there won’t be any large changes in the minimum temperatures in the next 2 days. The met had earlier yesterday said that there might be gradual rise in minimum temperatures.

The maximum and minimum temperatures at various place across Gujarat today were as following – PORBANDAR 26.0 09.AHMEDABAD 25.8 12.5 RAJKOT 25.9 08.3DEESA 25.8 08.7 VERAVAL 27.4 14.0 GANDHINAGAR NA 10.8 DIU 28.6 13.8 SURENDRANAGAR 26.3 10.0 V.V. NAGAR 24.5 12.3MAHUVA 29.2 11.9 KESHOD 26.6 08.8 VADODARA 26.2 13.2 BHUJ 23.6 07.2 SURAT 28.4 13.8 VALSAD 29.4 15.1 NALIYA 24.0 06.0 KANDLA PORT 23.9 09.0 KANDLA AIRPORT 23.8 09.5 BHAVNAGAR 25.4 12.0 DWARKA 24.8 13.6.

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