Rain in parts of South Gujarat, Saurashtra

The South West Monsoon, which was late in coming to the tip of Gujarat by three days this year, caused scattered rainfall in some parts of South Gujarat and Saurashtra on Tuesday.

The monsoon has advanced towards Veraval, Mahuva Vadodara and Amravati and will continue to the north.

The Meteorological Centre, Ahmedabad, on Tuesday issued a Press release saying that the South West Monsoon had advanced in the southern parts of the northeast Arabian Sea, south of latitude 21 degree north, in the southern parts of Saurashtra and the northern part of South Gujarat region.

While a normal monsoon touches Kerala on June 1, reaches Mumbai on June 10 and covers Gujarat by June 30, this time it will be a few days late.

"Conditions are favourable for advance of the South West Monsoon in some more parts of Saurashtra and Gujarat region," said the city’s Meteorological Centre Director, adding that this would happen in the next two to three days.

Compiled from Local news media