June started on rainy note for several parts of the country, including parts of Gujarat. In fact, Rajkot city of Gujarat managed to snatch heavy pre-Monsoon showers on the first day of the month.
In span of 24 hours from 8:30 am on Thursday, Rajkot recorded 70.2 mm of rain. With this, the city has already recorded more than half of its monthly average rainfall that stands at 108.4 mm.
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Meanwhile, other parts of Gujarat have settled only with some traces or light rainfall. Further, weather conditions remain conducive for more rains to lash several parts of South and Central Gujarat till June 4.
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These ongoing rains can be attributed to the trough running Central Pakistan across the West Coast that includes Coastal Gujarat and Konkan and Goa region. Due to this, humid southerly winds from Arabian Sea are blowing over Gujarat, which had resulted in development of convective, followed by rain.
As the trough will continue to persist, these rains and thundershowers would also persist. Ahmedabad along with Surat may see some showers this time. Though intensity of rain will vary from place to place.
In wake of this rainy spell, day maximums have taken a dip and are now settling in the range of higher 30s to early 40s. This has ushered in major relief from extremely hot weather conditions which were prevailing over Gujarat in mid-May.
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