Surat: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), in its latest forecast, has issued a heavy rain warning for some parts of Gujarat for the next seven days, with an orange alert in five districts for the next 24 hours.

According to the IMD bulletin, Kheda, Anand, Panchmahal, Dahod, and Vadodara are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall, prompting the issuance of an orange alert for these areas. Meanwhile, a yellow alert has been issued for Banaskantha, Patan, Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar, Aravalli, Ahmedabad, Mahisagar, Chhota Udepur, Narmada, Bharuch, Surat, Dang, Tapi, Navsari, Valsad, Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Surendranagar, Rajkot, Junagadh, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Gir Somnath, Botad, and Diu.

Forecast for the coming days:

• August 31: Yellow alert for Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar, Aravalli, Kheda, Ahmedabad, Anand, Panchmahal, Dahod, Mahisagar, Vadodara, Chhota Udepur, Narmada, Bharuch, Surat, Dang, Tapi, Navsari, Valsad, and Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

• September 1–2: Heavy rains likely in Sabarkantha, Aravalli, Panchmahal, Dahod, Mahisagar, Navsari, Valsad, and Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

• September 3: Very heavy rain expected in Chhota Udepur and Narmada (orange alert). Panchmahal, Dahod, Vadodara, Bharuch, Surat, Dang, Tapi, Navsari, Valsad, and Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli remain on yellow alert.

• September 4: Orange alert in Dang and Tapi. Panchmahal, Dahod, Vadodara, Chhota Udepur, Narmada, Bharuch, Surat, Navsari, Valsad, and Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli remain under yellow alert. Saurashtra-Kutch districts including Amreli, Bhavnagar, Gir Somnath, and Diu may also receive heavy rainfall.

• September 5: No orange alert is in place, but heavy rains are likely at isolated places in Gujarat, including Sabarkantha, Aravalli, Kheda, Anand, Panchmahal, Dahod, Mahisagar, Vadodara, Chhota Udepur, Narmada, Bharuch, Surat, Dang, Tapi, Navsari, Valsad, and Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, as well as in Saurashtra-Kutch districts including Amreli, Bhavnagar, Gir Somnath, and Diu.

Synoptic Situation:

• The monsoon trough passes through Bikaner, Kota, Seoni, Durg, Bhawanipatna, Gopalpur, and extends east-southeastwards to the central Bay of Bengal.

• A middle tropospheric cyclonic circulation lies over the North Konkan coast and nearby areas at 5.8 km above mean sea level.

• An upper air cyclonic circulation lies over southwest Madhya Pradesh, extending up to 3.1 km above mean sea level, tilting southwards with height.

• Yesterday’s upper air cyclonic circulation over Vidarbha and neighbouring areas, extending up to 7.6 km above mean sea level and tilting southwestwards with height, has become less marked. DeshGujarat