Ahmedabad: The India Meteorological Department (IMD), in its latest weather forecast, has predicted light to moderate rainfall across several parts of Gujarat, including the Union Territories of Diu, Daman, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli, over the next seven days until June 2, 2025. However, a few districts — namely Sabarkantha, Aravalli, Dahod, Mahisagar, Amreli, Bhavnagar, and Chhota Udepur — are likely to receive heavy rain on May 28 and 29, for which a yellow warning has been issued.

According to the IMD bulletin, light to moderate rain/thundershowers are very likely at a few places in all districts of Gujarat until May 29. After that, rainfall is expected to subside in North Gujarat and Kutch, while some districts may still experience light rainfall.

From May 30 to June 2 (forecast valid until 8:30 AM), light to moderate rain/thundershowers are expected at isolated places in Panchmahal, Dahod, Vadodara, Chhota Udepur, Narmada, Bharuch, Surat, Dang, Navsari, Valsad, Tapi, Junagadh, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Gir Somnath, and the Union Territories of Daman-Diu and Dadra Nagar Haveli.

The IMD has issued a yellow warning for likely heavy rainfall in Sabarkantha, Aravalli, Dahod, Mahisagar, Amreli, and Bhavnagar on May 28. While, on May 29, a yellow alert is issued for Chhota Udepur, Aravalli, Dahod, Mahisagar, Amreli, and Bhavnagar, as these districts are expected to witness heavy rainfall.

The IMD forecast also stated that the Southwest Monsoon has further advanced into several areas, including Mumbai, Bengaluru, parts of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and northeastern states such as Tripura, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and Meghalaya.

The northern boundary of the monsoon now passes through Mumbai, Pune, Solapur, Kalaburagi, Mahbubnagar, Kavali, Agartala, Goalpara, and other locations.

Conditions are favorable for the monsoon to advance further over the next three days into remaining parts of the central Arabian Sea, more areas of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, more areas of the Bay of Bengal, Northeast India, and parts of Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim.

Meanwhile, a low-pressure area persists over Marathwada and nearby regions, with a cyclonic circulation extending up to mid-tropospheric levels, slightly tilting southwest.

Another cyclonic circulation exists over Southwest Rajasthan and nearby areas, extending up to 1.5 km above sea level. DeshGujarat