Ahmedabad gets 19mm rain, whiff of Cyclone Gulab in air

AHMEDABAD: The city received 11mm rainfall between 10am and noon on Monday, resulting in waterlogging in many areas. In all, till 8pm the city had received 19mm of rain. The water receded by late afternoon.

According to India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast, Tuesday and Wednesday may witness widespread rainfall across all the regions of Gujarat.Manorama Mohanty, the head of IMD Gujarat, said that the activity is the aftermath of Cyclone Gulab.
“It has now taken the shape of deep depression, which will further weaken as it travels westwards,” she said. “Coupled with a shear zone over the state, the system will result in heavy rainfall in many parts of Gujarat.”
IMD forecasts chances of heavy rain at isolated places in Valsad, Narmada, Bharuch, Surat, Dang, Tapi, Navsari, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Botad, Ahmedabad, Anand, Panchmahal, Dahod, Vadodara, Chhota Udepur, Surendranagar, Rajkot, Junagadh, and Gir-Somnath districts on Tuesday. Rajkot, Valsad, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Panchmahal, Dahod, Chhota Udepur, Bharuch, Surat, Navsari, Surendranagar, Gir-Somnath, Botad, and Kutch districts may receive such rain on Wednesday.
An analysis of the rainfall pattern so far reveals that of the 701mm received till Monday morning, 339mm or 49% was in September alone.
According to the IMD data, the rain deficit has reduced to 10% against the average rainfall till September 27. Saurashtra and Kutch have 4% excess rain, whereas the rest of Gujarat has 11% deficit —primarily due to the deficit in the eastern belt.
On Monday, 165 of the 251 talukas received at least 1mm of rain; 21 talukas got over 50mm of rain.