Light rains likely in parts of North Eastern Gujarat districts on 2nd and 3rd January

Gandhinagar: North Eastern parts of Gujarat may witness light rains on 2nd and 3rd January, said Director of IMD, Gujarat, Jayanta Sarkar.

DAY-2 (Valid from0830 Hrs. IST of 02/01/2021to 0830 Hrs. IST of 03/01/2021):-Light rain very likely at isolated places in the districts of North Gujarat region namely Sabarkantha, Panchmahal, Narmada, Mahisagar, Aravalli and Dahod. Dry weather very likely in all the districts of Saurashtra-Kutch; in remaining districts of Gujarat region and in Diu, Daman, Dadra Nagar Haveli.

DAY-3 (Valid from0830 Hrs. IST of 03/01/2021to 0830 Hrs. IST of 04/01/2021):-Light rain likely at isolated places in the districts of Gujarat region namely Panchmahal, Vadodara, Anand, Aravalli, Mahisagar and Dahod. Dry weather very likely in all the districts of Saurashtra-Kutch; in remaining districts of Gujarat region and in Diu, Daman, Dadra Nagar Haveli.

Responsible factors for this unseasonal rain condition are: A trough in low level easterlies extending upto 0.9 km above mean sea level runs from Eastcentral Arabian Sea off Maharashtra coast to southwest Rajasthan across Gujarat and the cyclonic circulation that lies over southwest Rajasthan & neighbourhood between 1.5 km & 2.1 km above mean sea level.