The weather department on Sunday issued warning of “heavy to very heavy rainfall” in parts of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat over the next 48 hours even as it predicted heavy downpours in Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal on Tuesday and Wednesday. Other places with prominent rain figures were Kadana (dist Panchmahal) 12 cm, Dhanera (dist Banaskantha) 11 cm, Talod (dist Sabarkantha) 11 cm, Tharad (dist Banaskantha) 11 cm, Gandhinagar (dist Gandhinagar) 10 cm, Umerpada (dist Surat) 10 cm, Mahesana (dist Mehsana) 10 cm, Radhanpur (dist Patan) 9 cm and Umrala (dist Bhavnagar) 9 cm.
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The Met Office warned that parts of Gujarat and the territories of Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli are likely to receive “heavy to very heavy rainfall” between today and last Friday.
On the other hand the total Monsoon rainfall has crossed 35 percent mark today with overall state average of more than 800 mm of rain so far.
This apart, the axis of a monsoon trough has also formed from the west to east coast passing through the centre of the Arabian Sea’s well-marked low pressure area over southwest Rajasthan towards the centre of the Bay of Bengal’s depression, extending up to 5.8 km above mean sea level.
The system would move almost northwards and cross Bangladesh coast around forenoon tomorrow. Heavy to very heavy rain are also expected over Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal. Sea condition would be rough to very rough along and off Gujarat and north Konkan coasts during the same period. The system would remain over the same region during the next 48 hours. Sea condition would be rough to very rough over North Bay of Bengal during the same period.
“Speaking to senior officials in Bengal monitoring closely the impending cyclone”.
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“I am taking the night flight back from London because of the impending cyclone. Taking all precautions”, she said.
