Heavy rain to continue in central Gujarat tomorrow, 96 talukas see rain till 8 pm, maximum 155 mm in Shahera

Gandhingar: Heavy rain is likely to continue in parts of four central Gujarat districts of Panchmahal, Dahod, Mahisagar and Chhota Udepur tomorrow even as a total of 96 talukas in 20 districts including the four have seen rain from 6 am to 8 pm today with maximum 155 mm in Shahera of Panchmahal district.

The overall rain percentage in the state which was 119.20% at 6 am with rain in 93 talukas of 21 district in the last 24 hours with maximum 112 mm in Vyara of Tapi distirct, has reached closer to 121% mark by late evening today.

Among other prominent rain receiving talukas today were Dahod 153mm, Dolvan in Tapi district 129, Khergam in Navsari 122 , Waghai in Dangs 120, Valsad 120 , Valod in Tapi 99, Garbada in Dahod 92 Morva Hadaf in Panchmahal 89 , Kadana in Mahisagar 81, Balasinor in Mahisagar 77 and Sanjeli in Dahod and Lunawada in Mahisagar 75mm.

A total of 22 talukas have seen 50 mm or more and 34 talukas, 25 mm or more rain. Ahmedabad city has seen around 1 mm of light rain till evening and more rain is likely during the night amid overcast conditions.

The synoptic situation and rainfall warning as per the met bulletin of this evening is as follows-

SYNOPTIC SITUATION:

MORNING’S TROUGH FROM KUTCH TO SUB HIMALAYAN WEST BENGAL ACROSS SOUTHWEST MADHYA PRADESH, CYCLONIC CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER NORTHEAST MADHYA PRADESH & ADJOINING SOUTHEAST UTTAR PRADESH AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF BIHAR BETWEEN 1.5 AND 5.8 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL PERSISTS.

MORNING’S CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER NORTHEAST ARABIAN SEA & ADJOINING SAURASHTRA & KUTCH BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.1 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL PERSISTS.

HEAVY RAINFALL WARNING:-

DAY 1 (Today): Heavy to very heavy rains very likely at isolated places with isolated extremely heavy falls in the districts of Panchmahal, Dahod, and Mahisagar. Heavy to very heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the districts of Aravalli, Kheda, Ahmedabad , Anand, Vadodara, Chhota Udepur, Narmada, Bharuch, Surat, Tapi, Dangs,
Valsad, Navsari and in Daman, Dadra Nagar Haveli. Heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the districts of Saurashtra namely Amreli, Bhavnagar and Botad.

DAY 2: Heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the districts of Gujarat region namely Panchmahal, Dahod, Mahisagar, Chhota Udepur.

DAY 3: NIL

DAY 4: NIL

DAY 5: NIL

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