Orange & yellow alerts issued for likely heavy rainfall in parts of Gujarat till May 8

Ahmedabad: The India Meteorological Department (IMD), in its latest forecast, has issued orange and yellow alerts for likely very heavy rainfall in parts of Gujarat over the next four days, till May 8. Additionally, light to moderate rain is likely to occur at isolated places across all districts of Gujarat till May 12.

As per IMD forecasts, a yellow alert has been issued today for Kutch, Banaskantha, Patan, and Sabarkantha.

On May 6 (i.e., tomorrow), Kutch and Banaskantha are under an orange alert, while Morbi, Surendranagar, Patan, Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Anand, Bharuch, and Narmada are under a yellow alert.

On May 7, a yellow warning has again been issued for Kutch, Banaskantha, Patan, Sabarkantha, and also for Surendranagar.

On May 8, Sabarkantha, Aravalli, Anand, Amreli, and Bhavnagar are under a yellow alert with the possibility of heavy rainfall.

Furthermore, moderate thunderstorms with lightning and surface winds of 50–60 kmph (in gusts), accompanied by hailstorms, are very likely at isolated places in Banaskantha, Patan, Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Aravalli, Panchmahal, Dahod, Mahisagar, Rajkot, Morbi, and Kutch today and on Tuesday.

Synoptic Situation as per IMD bulletin:

An upper air cyclonic circulation lies over south Pakistan and adjoining southwest Rajasthan, extending up to 1.5 km above mean sea level.

The north–south trough from Marathwada to south Tamil Nadu now runs from southeast Madhya Pradesh to south interior Karnataka, across Marathwada, Telangana, and north interior Karnataka, at 0.9 km above mean sea level. It has become unimportant for Gujarat.

Yesterday’s upper air cyclonic circulation over northern parts of Marathwada and the neighbourhood has become less marked.

Another upper air cyclonic circulation lies over the northeast Arabian Sea adjoining Gujarat coasts at 0.9 km above mean sea level and is now less marked.