Saurashtra, S Gujarat likely to get heavy rainfall from today

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

05.07.2020

Ahmedabad: India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday said that for next five days, districts of South Gujarat and Saurashtra are expected to get heavy to very heavy rainfall. Ahmedabad district might get moderate rainfall, it added.

According to forecast on Saturday, heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected in Navsari, Valsad, Junagadh, Amreli, Bharuch, Surat, Porbandar, Bhavnagar, Gir-Somath, along with Union territories of Diu, Daman, Dadra & Nagar Haveli on Sunday. The pounding is likely to continue for next four days, added the officials.

“The phenomenon is result of two weather systems at play - there’s a cyclonic circulation over South Gujarat and neighbourhood whereas there is also an offshore trough that runs from south Gujarat to Karnataka coast,” said an official. Some parts of Ahmedabad received light drizzle on Saturday evening as the city and district expected overcast or cloudy sky. The citizens felt humidity with high temperature (maximum temperature touching 37 degrees celsius on Saturday).