Monsoon withdrawal in Gujarat set to begin today, heavy rain expected this week

“Conditions are becoming favourable for the withdrawal of Southwest Monsoon from parts of West Rajasthan and Kutch astir September 23,” the India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated successful its bulletin connected Sunday. Last year, the withdrawal started connected September 21.

In-charge determination manager of IMD Ahmedabad Ramashray Yadav told The Indian Express, “Against the mean withdrawal docket astir September 15, it is delayed this year. As the conditions look favourable for the withdrawal, the clip it volition instrumentality for implicit withdrawal tin lone beryllium stated erstwhile it starts.”

Meanwhile, parts of the authorities are expected to person different spell of dense rainfall this coming week. “Heavy rainfall is expected successful the districts of South Gujarat, including Dang, Tapi, Navsari, and Valsad. Light to mean thunderstorm with lightning and aboveground upwind 30- 40 kmph (in gust) accompanied with airy to mean rainfall is precise apt astatine isolated places successful each the districts of Gujarat, including Banaskantha, Patan, Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar, Aravalli, Kheda, Ahmedabad, Anand, Panchmahal, Dahod, Mahisagar, Vadodara, Chhota Udepur, Narmada, Bharuch, Surat, Dang, Tapi, Navsari and Valsad,” stated the upwind department’s forecast for September 25 and September 26.

Similarly, for September 27, dense rainfall is precise apt expected successful the districts of South Gujarat including Dang, Tapi, Navsari, Valsad.
According to the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) successful Gandhinagar, Gujarat has recorded 125.28 per cent of season’s mean rainfall truthful far. Among regions, Kutch has recorded the highest rainfall astatine 183 per cent, followed by South Gujarat and Saurashtra that person received 130 per cent of mean rainfall.

In September, the authorities received 124 mm of rain, truthful far. The highest rainfall was recorded successful the period of August (442 mm) owed to the heavy slump and cyclonic storm. While July recorded 425 mm, June registered 115 mm of the full 1,106 mm received successful the state.

Of 251, 125 talukas this twelvemonth received supra 1,000 mm of rainfall portion 107 talukas received betwixt 501-1000 mm and hardly 19 got betwixt 251-500 mm of rain.

In 2021, the full mean rainfall received successful the authorities during the play was 98 per cent; portion it was 122 per cent and 108 per cent successful 2022 and 2023, respectively.