Gandhinagar: After two days of heavy rain in many parts of Gujarat, conditions subsided today with only a few talukas receiving showers in the morning. However, clouds of heavy rain still hover over some coastal areas of Saurashtra and Kutch. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow warning for heavy rain and thunderstorms for the next three days, till October 2.

According to the IMD bulletin, for the next 24 hours, a yellow alert has been issued for the possibility of heavy rain in Porbandar, Junagadh, Dwarka, Gir Somnath, Kutch, and Diu.

On October 1, Rajkot, Porbandar, Junagadh, Amreli, Dwarka, Gir Somnath, Kutch, and Diu are also on yellow alert for likely heavy rains.

Additionally, a yellow warning for light thunderstorms with lightning and surface winds of 30–40 kmph, accompanied by light to moderate rain, has been issued for isolated places in the districts of Banaskantha, Patan, Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar, Aravalli, Kheda, Ahmedabad, Anand, Mahisagar, Bharuch, Surat, Navsari, Valsad, Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Surendranagar, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Porbandar, Junagadh, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Morbi, Dwarka, Gir Somnath, Botad, Kutch, and Diu on both days.

On October 2, heavy rain is very likely at isolated places in parts of Saurashtra-Kutch, namely Jamnagar, Porbandar, Junagadh, Morbi, Dwarka, and Kutch.

Furthermore, a yellow warning for light thunderstorms with lightning and surface winds of 30–40 kmph, accompanied by light to moderate rain, has also been issued for isolated places across all districts of Saurashtra-Kutch, including Surendranagar, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Porbandar, Junagadh, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Morbi, Dwarka, Gir Somnath, Botad, Kutch, and Diu.

After that, light to moderate rainfall is likely across Gujarat from October 3 to 6.

This comes as the withdrawal of the monsoon has stalled over the past few days, with several weather systems active across the country, bringing rainfall to many states.

Synoptic Situation:

• Yesterday’s well-marked low-pressure area over the Gulf of Cambay and its neighbourhood moved west-northwestwards and lay over the Gulf of Kutch and its neighbourhood at 0830 IST today, September 30, 2025. The associated cyclonic circulation extends up to 7.6 km above mean sea level, tilting southwestwards with height. It is likely to move northwestwards across Kutch and its neighbourhood during the next 12 hours and emerge into the northeast Arabian Sea off the north Gujarat coast thereafter. There is a possibility of its intensification into a depression around the time of emergence into the northeast Arabian Sea, with west-southwestward movement thereafter towards the northwest Arabian Sea.

• A trough runs from the above cyclonic circulation associated with the well-marked low-pressure area over the Gulf of Kutch and its neighbourhood to southeast Uttar Pradesh across central Madhya Pradesh at 1.5 km above mean sea level.

• Another trough runs from the cyclonic circulation associated with the well-marked low-pressure area over the Gulf of Kutch and its neighbourhood to northwest Rajasthan at 0.9 km above mean sea level.

• An upper-air cyclonic circulation is likely to emerge into the north Andaman Sea today, September 30, 2025. Under its influence, a low-pressure area is likely to form over the central Bay of Bengal around October 1, 2025. It is expected to move west-northwestwards and intensify into a depression over the west-central and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal around October 2. It is likely to continue moving west-northwestwards and cross the south Odisha–north Andhra Pradesh coasts around the morning of October 3.

• Yesterday’s trough from the well-marked low-pressure area over the Gulf of Cambay and its neighbourhood to the west-central Bay of Bengal has become less marked. DeshGujarat