Gujarat and Rajasthan have been witnessing light intensity of rains. In the past day also light to moderate intensity of rain was recorded. Gujarat region also recorded light to moderate intensity of rain in the last 24 hours. Bhavnagar witnessed 9.3 mm of rain, Surat 5.7 mm, Dwarka 4.2 mm, Veraval 2 mm and Naliya 1.6 mm of rain.
As per Skymet Weather, an active off shore trough is running from South Gujarat to Kerala and likely to strengthen further this weather system was responsible for the rains which were witnessed.
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The cyclonic circulation over Chhattisgarh is likely to move in a westerly direction and would move across Madhya Pradesh. Due to these weather systems, the rainfall activity is likely to enhance over the coastal parts of Gujarat.
The activity will increase gradually in the next two to three days. Initially, it will give light to moderate intensity rains and will gradually pick up the pace. The affected areas in Gujarat would be Surat, Valsad, and Dang. Meanwhile, light with one or two moderate spells would occur over Ahmedabad, Idar, Banaskantha, Amreli, Bhavnagar, and Veraval.
Click the image below to see the live lightning and thunderstorm across Rajasthan and Gujarat
In the last 24 hours from 8.30 am on Friday, Ajmer in Rajasthan recorded moderate rain of 31.3 mm of rain, Alwar 33 mm and Jaipur 23.2 mm. In the same span of time, Pali witnessed light rain of 14 mm, Mount Abu 4 mm, Kota 2.5 mm and Jodhpur 1.2 mm of rain.
As per Skymet Weather, these rains occurred due to the oscillation of the axis of Monsoon trough. In Rajasthan rainfall is expected to increase over the eastern parts of Rajasthan. The axis of Monsoon trough moving across extreme north of Rajasthan to East central Bay of Bengal across the central parts of the country.
The western arm of the axis of Monsoon trough is also likely to shift southwards and the rain is expected to continue in many parts of East Rajasthan. Moderate intensity spells are likely over southeastern parts like Udaipur, Chittorgarh, Kota, Pratapgarh, Jaipur and Mount Abu.
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