Pre-monsoon showers will continue to soak Gujarat, says IMD

The pre-monsoon showers refuse to leave Gujarat as the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted unseasonal rainfall in several districts of the state for the next seven days. Some districts in Saurashtra, south, and north Gujarat are likely to experience continued unseasonal rain for an entire week. Moreover, unseasonal rain is expected Saturday, in 13 districts of the state.

“Light to Moderate rain or thundershowers is likely in Sabarkantha, Aravalli, Panchmahal, Dahod, Mahisagar, Vadodara, Chhotaudepur, Narmada, Bharuch, Surat, Dang, Navsari, Valsad, Tapi, Daman, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Surendranagar, Rajkot, Junagadh, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Gir Somnath, Botad and Diu,” said IMD on Friday.

Ahmedabad’s maximum temperature on Friday remained at 38.8°C. 

Notably, Rajkot experienced an unseasonal rainfall, with around 1.5 inches pouring down in just 45 minutes, leading to widespread waterlogging across the city, on Wednesday. The downpour came after the city recorded the state’s highest temperature of 41.4°C earlier in the day.

On Friday, Rainfall was witnessed in Saurashtra region while the weather was dry over Kutch. 

“No large change in maximum temperature during the next seven days is likely over the region,” said IMD.