Temperatures to fall in next 48 hours, cold wave warning issued for parts of Saurashtra-Kutch region of Gujarat

Gandhingar: Met department has issued cold wave warning for parts of Kutch and Saurashtra region in Gujarat for tomorrow and the day after as the minimum temperatures were very likely to fall by at least 2 to 3 °C in the state in the next 48 hours.

Several places of the state including Ahmedabad, its most populous city, felt biting coldness today despite absence of cold-wave due to abnormally low maximum temperatures.

Bhuj at 9 °C was coldest today while Naliya at 9.2 °C and Rajkot at 9.7 °C were at second and third places in this regard respectively. These were the only three places across the state where the mercury today dipped below 10 °C.

In Ahmedabad the minimum temperature of 13.5 °C was 1.2 °C above normal but the maximum at 23.6°C was 3.9°C below normal. Due to low median temperature the people here felt biting coldness despite the absence of cold-wave.

The IMD center in Ahmedabad in its bulletin issued this evening predicted a fall in minimum temperatures by 2-3 °C very likely over the region during next 48 hours. Heavy snowfall in northern states and the wind pattern in Gujarat would cause this.

It has issued cold wave warning for tomorrow and the day after which is as following – DAY 2: Cold wave conditions very likely at isolated pockets in the districts of Saurashtra-Kutch namely Rajkot and Kutch.DAY 3: Cold wave conditions very likely at isolated pockets in the districts of Saurashtra-Kutch namely Rajkot and Kutch. DAY 4: NIL DAY 5: NIL.

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