Southwest monsoon covers Gujarat in two days, heavy rain expected today
Ahmedabad: In a major leap, the southwest monsoon covered the entire state in a matter of two days. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced the onset of the monsoon in the state, with the entire south Gujarat and parts of coastal Saurashtra on June 16, a day after its normal onset of June 15.
On Tuesday, the IMD announced that except for the northernmost parts of Banaskantha, the entire state was covered by the monsoon. The normal coverage takes place around June 30, as indicated by the IMD map.
The southwest monsoon further advanced in parts of the North Arabian Sea, Gujarat, Vidarbha, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and some parts of Bihar. The northern limit passes through Deesa, Indore, Panchmarhi, Mandla, Ambikapur, Hazaribagh, and Supaul, as stated in the IMD bulletin on Tuesday.
The state has a monsoon trough and a low-pressure area active, as indicated by the IMD forecast. The forecast for Wednesday indicated chances of heavy to very heavy rains in parts of Aravalli, Dahod, Mahisagar, Dang, Navsari, Valsad, Porbandar, Junagadh, Amreli, Bhavnagar, and Gir Somnath, and heavy rains in parts of Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar, Kheda, Ahmedabad, Anand, Panchmahal, Vadodara, Chhota Udepur, Narmada, Bharuch, Surat, Tapi, Surendranagar, Rajkot, and Botad.
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Other districts may expect light to moderate rains, added the forecast.
On Tuesday, 208 out of 252 talukas of Gujarat received at least 1mm of rainfall, as indicated by State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC) data. Barwala in Botad received the highest 191mm of rainfall till 8pm, followed by 160mm in Sayla in Surendranagar, 138mm in Botad, 135mm in Muli in Surendranagar, and 128mm in Jodiya in Jamnagar. In all, eight talukas received more than 100mm of rain, and another 22 received more than 50mm of rain, according to SEOC data.
Almost all regions of the state received widespread rain.
The city's maximum temperature dipped to 27.6°C, 10.6 degrees lower than normal. At 25.5°C, the minimum temperature was 1.9 degrees lower than normal. On Wednesday, the maximum temperature could be around 32°C, indicated the forecast.
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