India Meteorological Department has issued multiple yellow and orange alerts for heavy to very heavy rainfall across the state in the days to come.
Heavy rain is very likely in Navsari, Valsad, and the Union Territories of Daman, Dadra, and Nagar Haveli on Tuesday.
The Narmada district is under an orange alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall on Wednesday. There is a yellow warning for Dahod, Chhotaudepur, Dangs, Navsari, Valsad, Tapi, and the union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
On Thursday, Narmada, Tapi, Chhotaudepur, and Dangs are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rains at isolated places, with extremely heavy falls in some pockets.
A yellow warning is for Aravalli, Kheda, Anand, Panchmahals, Dahod, Mahisagar, Vadodara, Bharuch, Surat, Navsari, Valsad, as well as Amreli, Bhavnagar, Gir Somnath, and Diu.
On September 5, heavy to very heavy rainfall with isolated extremely heavy spells is forecast in Surat, Navsari, Valsad, Narmada, Bharuch, Dangs, and Tapi, along with Amreli, Bhavnagar, and Botad.
The wet spell will continue on September 6, with orange alerts for Bharuch, Surat, Navsari, Valsad, Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Bhavnagar, and Botad. Several other districts in the north, central, and Saurashtra-Kutch regions will see heavy rainfall under a yellow alert.
By September 7, widespread rainfall is likely to cover nearly the entire state, including Banaskantha, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Narmada, Bharuch, Navsari, Valsad, Tapi, Dangs, and parts of Saurashtra-Kutch such as Rajkot, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Bhavnagar, Kutch, and Dwarka.
According to the IMD, the monsoon trough currently runs from Ganganagar to the northeast Bay of Bengal, with an upper air cyclonic circulation persisting over the Bay of Bengal and adjoining Myanmar coast.
A low-pressure area is expected to form over the north Bay of Bengal in the next 24 hours, likely enhancing rainfall activity over Gujarat in the coming days.
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