Ahmedabad: The India Meteorological Department (IMD), in its latest forecast, has issued an orange alert for isolated very heavy rainfall in parts of Gujarat till July 7, while other regions are likely to receive light to heavy rainfall till July 9.

According to the IMD’s latest bulletin, an orange alert has been issued for Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Surat, Navsari, Valsad, Jamnagar, Porbandar, Devbhumi Dwarka, and Kutch for the next 24 hours. Meanwhile, Patan, Mehsana, Aravalli, Mahisagar, Dang, Tapi, Surendranagar, Rajkot, Junagadh, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Morbi, and Gir Somnath have been placed under a yellow warning. Other parts of the state are likely to witness light to moderate rainfall.

On July 5, only Sabarkantha and Aravalli are likely to receive very heavy rainfall and remain under an orange alert. Heavy rain is also expected in Banaskantha, Mehsana, Panchmahal, Dahod, Mahisagar, Surat, Dang, Tapi, Navsari, Valsad, and the union territories of Daman and Dadra & Nagar Haveli, along with Amreli and Bhavnagar.

On July 6 and 7, Navsari, Valsad, Daman, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli will remain under orange alert, while Amreli, Bhavnagar, Dahod, Chhota Udepur, Narmada, Bharuch, Surat, Dang, and Tapi will be under yellow warning.

On July 8, heavy rainfall is very likely in Dahod, Chhota Udepur, Narmada, Dang, Tapi, Navsari, Valsad, Daman, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Amreli, and Bhavnagar, all of which will be under yellow alert.

On July 9, a yellow warning has been issued for heavy rainfall in Navsari, Valsad, Daman, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli.

On July 10, heavy rainfall is expected in Sabarkantha, Aravalli, Dahod, and Mahisagar, which will be under yellow alert.

Notably, the monsoon trough at mean sea level now passes through Bikaner, Jaipur, Datia, Sidhi, Asansol, Kolkata, and then extends southeastward into the northeast Bay of Bengal.

A cyclonic circulation persists over central Rajasthan and its neighborhood at 0.9 km above mean sea level.

Furthermore, yesterday’s trough from the northeast Arabian Sea to the northwest Bay of Bengal now extends from north Gujarat to the cyclonic circulation over northern parts of Gangetic West Bengal, crossing Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand at 3.1 km above mean sea level. DeshGujarat