Southwest Monsoon enters parts of Gujarat

Gandhinagar: The Southwest Monsoon this year has officially entered the State of Gujarat today as per the India Meteorological Department of the Central government. It covers the entire Central and South Gujarat, Southern Saurashtra and parts of North Gujarat. The State has already received 11. 27% of total average monsoon season rainfall as on 8 am today, ahead of the official onset of Southwest monsoon, mainly due to the Biporjoy cyclone.

IMD today stated: The Southwest Monsoon has further advanced into the remaining parts of the Central Arabian Sea, some of the North Arabian Sea, remaining parts of Maharashtra including Mumbai, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, some parts of Gujarat, Rajasthan and Haryana, remaining parts of Uttarakhand and most parts of Himachal Pradesh and some more parts of Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh, today, the 25th June.

The Northern Limit of Monsoon (NLM) now passes through Lat. 20.5°N/ Long. 55°E, Lat. 20.0°N/ Long. 60°E, Lat. 20.5°N/ Long. 65°E, Veraval, Baroda, Udaipur, Narnaul, Ambala and Katra. Conditions are favourable for further advance of Southwest Monsoon into some more parts of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab and reaming parts of Jammu and Kashmiri during next 2 days. DeshGujarat