The Southwest Monsoon 2017 had made timely arrival over South Gujarat region, but its onset was delayed over the other parts of Gujarat by a few days. Due to this, parts of South Gujarat like Valsad, Rajkot and Surat had been witnessing on and off Monsoon showers, while the most of the other regions remained rain-free.
However, on June 24, Southwest Monsoon marked its arrival over almost entire state barring the northwestern regions. Thereafter, rains have been showing up in most parts of Gujarat during the last 48 hours and are likely to continue as well.
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In the last 24 hours from 08:30 am on Monday, Porbandar witnessed a whopping 62 mm of rains, Veraval 17 mm, Ahmedabad 14 mm, Idar 13 mm and Surat 1 mm.
The reason for these scattered light to moderate rains can be attributed to two cyclonic circulations, one over Saurashtra and Kutch region and adjoining Pakistan and another over South Gujarat.
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As per Skymet Weather, as of June 26, Gujarat region is just 6% below the normal rains but Saurashtra and Kutch region is rain deficient by 45% on June 26. However, with good rains continuing over the region for the next 2-3 days, this rain deficiency is expected to curtail down.
However, Skymet Weather reiterates that June is not a very rainy month for Gujarat but this time, rains are likely to increase significantly. With just three days left for the month to get over, it is going to end on a rainy note.
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