Surat: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for some districts of Gujarat for the next three days, with Sabarkantha expected to be lashed by exceptionally heavy downpours on September 6, tomorrow.

As per the IMD’s latest bulletin, all districts in Gujarat are likely to witness heavy to very heavy rainfall today, except Kutch, Morbi, Dwarka, and Porbandar. Among these, a red alert has been issued for Dang, Navsari, Valsad, Tapi, and Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Vadodara, Chhota Udepur, Narmada, Bharuch, Surat, Amreli, Bhavnagar, and Botad have been placed under an orange alert.

On Saturday, a red alert for exceptionally heavy rainfall has been issued for Sabarkantha, while Banaskantha, Mehsana, Aravalli, and Surendranagar might also witness extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places and have been kept on red alert. All districts of the state are expected to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall, with Patan, Gandhinagar, Kheda, Mahisagar, Rajkot, Morbi, and Botad under orange alert.

On Sunday, Kutch, Banaskantha, Mehsana, and Sabarkantha are under red alert with the possibility of very heavy rain. Patan, Gandhinagar, Aravalli, Surendranagar, and Morbi are on orange alert. Heavy rainfall is also likely at isolated places in Kheda, Ahmedabad, Anand, Panchmahal, Dahod, Mahisagar, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Porbandar, Junagadh, Dwarka, and Botad, and these districts have been put on warning.

On September 8, heavy rain is very likely at isolated places in Banaskantha and Patan (Gujarat region) and in Kutch (Saurashtra region).

After this, until September 11, rain intensity is likely to decrease, with only light to moderate rainfall expected.

Synoptic Situation:

• Yesterday’s low-pressure area over central West Madhya Pradesh moved west-northwestwards and currently lies as a well-marked low-pressure area over northwest Madhya Pradesh and adjoining east Rajasthan at 0830 hrs IST on 5th September 2025. The associated cyclonic circulation extends up to 7.6 km above mean sea level and is likely to move further west-northwestwards, concentrating into a depression over south Rajasthan and adjoining north Gujarat by the morning of 7th September.

• Yesterday’s upper air cyclonic circulation over southwest Madhya Pradesh and nearby areas, extending up to 5.8 km, has merged with the above cyclonic circulation associated with the low-pressure area.

• An upper air cyclonic circulation lies over the northeast Arabian Sea and adjoining Gujarat coast, between 5.8 km and 7.6 km above mean sea level.

• Yesterday’s trough now runs from the northeast Arabian Sea to the northwest Bay of Bengal across Saurashtra and south Gujarat, cyclonic circulation associated with the well-marked low-pressure area over northwest Madhya Pradesh and adjoining east Rajasthan between 1.5 km and 5.8 km above mean sea level.

• The monsoon trough passes through Jaisalmer, the centre of the well-marked low-pressure area over northwest Madhya Pradesh adjoining east Rajasthan, Sidhi, Daltonganj, Digha, and then southeastwards to east-central Bay of Bengal, extending up to 0.9 km above mean sea level.