Brace for heavy rain this week

Ahmedabad may get heavy rainfall tomorrow; fishermen warned against entering sea till August 8

Parts of Ahmedabad district likely to receive heavy rainfall on Thursday. The IMD has predicted fairly widespread rainfall in State, with heavy to very heavy showers up to Friday.

Several parts of Saurashtra region, especially Gir Somnath, Junagadh, Amreli and Rajkot districts, received heavy rainfall on Tuesday. Extremely heavy rainfall is likely in Gir Somnath whereas heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected as isolated places in the districts of South Gujarat. Heavy rainfall is expected in Narmada, Bharuch and Surat in South Gujarat.

“In view of favourable monsoon conditions, Gujarat is very likely to experience an active wet spell from August 4 to August 7,” the IMD said. Saurashtra, south Gujarat and adjoining east-central districts are likely to experience “fairly widespread to widespread rainfall” due to low-pressure area that has formed over Bay of Bengal and cyclonic circulation created in South Gujarat and neighbouring areas between 3.1and 7.6 km, said Jayanta Sarkar, regional director of IMD Gujarat.

The MeT department also issued warnings for fishermen to not venture into Arabian Sea along the South and North Gujarat coasts till August 8, as the sea will be rough with wind speed of up to 45-55 kmph.