The southwest monsoon is expected to be active in the coming week due to systems developed in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea, according to an India Meteorological Department (IMD) advisory issued on Sunday.
“The monsoon trough continues to pass through Nalia, Ahmedabad, Brahmapuri, Jagdalpur, the centre of Depression over south coastal Odisha and neighbourhood and thence east, southeastwards to the Eastcentral Bay of Bengal. Also, cyclonic circulation over East Central Arabian Sea off south Maharashtra-Goa coasts is extending above mean sea-level persists,” the IMD stated.
75 talukas recorded rainfall on Sunday until 6 p.m. Karjan in Vadodara recorded 41 mm, followed by Umerpada in Surat (37 mm). Subir in Dang, Sinor in Vadodara, Palanpur in Banaskantha, Jotana in Mehsana, and Dahod were also hit hard by rain.
Parts of Ahmedabad city also recorded heavy rainfall between 4 pm and 7 pm with an average rainfall of 23 mm. Water logging due to heavy rainfall in the areas of Paldi in the west zone that recorded 55 mm.
On Monday, heavy to very heavy rain is expected in the districts of Saurashtra, namely Rajkot and Morbi, heavy rains at isolated places in the districts of Kheda, Mehsana, Banaskantha, Anand, Narmada, Bharuch Surat, Navsari, Valsad, Tapi and in Jamnagar, Porbandar, Junagadh, Amreli, Dwarka and Gir Somnath.
Additionally, light thunderstorms with lightning and surface winds less than 40 kmph (in gust) are very likely across the state Monday and Tuesday.
The IMD has issued a warning for heavy to very heavy rain in isolated areas of South Gujarat’s Narmada and Surat districts on Tuesday.