Ahmedabad, September 2: Gujarat is set to witness a fresh spell of intense monsoon activity this week, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing multiple yellow and orange alerts for heavy to very heavy rainfall across the state. On Tuesday, heavy rain is very likely in Navsari, Valsad, and the Union Territories of Daman, Dadra, and Nagar Haveli.

The Narmada district is under an orange alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall on September 3, while a yellow warning has been issued for Dahod, Chhota Udepur, Dang, Navsari, Valsad, Tapi, and the union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. Rainfall intensity is expected to peak on September 4, when Narmada, Tapi, Chhota Udepur, and Dang are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rains at isolated places, with extremely heavy falls in some pockets. Weather Forecast Today, September 2: Check Weather Updates, Rain Predictions for Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Shimla and Kolkata.

These districts are under orange alert. A yellow warning is in place for Aravalli, Kheda, Anand, Panchmahal, Dahod, Mahisagar, Vadodara, Bharuch, Surat, Navsari, Valsad, as well as Amreli, Bhavnagar, Gir Somnath, and Diu. On September 5, heavy to very heavy rainfall with isolated extremely heavy spells is forecast in Surat, Navsari, Valsad, Narmada, Bharuch, Dang, and Tapi, along with Amreli, Bhavnagar, and Botad.

An orange alert has been issued for these areas. Other districts, including Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Banaskantha, Rajkot, Junagadh, and Gir Somnath, are on yellow alert. The wet spell will continue on September 6, with orange alerts for Bharuch, Surat, Navsari, Valsad, Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Bhavnagar, and Botad. Several other districts in the north, central, and Saurashtra-Kutch regions will see heavy rainfall under a yellow alert. Gujarat Rains: Short Spell of Rain Hits Parts of State; Panchmahal’s Morwa Records Highest With 20 mm in 2 Hours.

By September 7, widespread rainfall is likely to cover nearly the entire state, including Banaskantha, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Narmada, Bharuch, Navsari, Valsad, Tapi, Dang, and parts of Saurashtra-Kutch such as Rajkot, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Bhavnagar, Kutch, and Dwarka.

The IMD said the monsoon trough currently runs from Ganganagar to the northeast Bay of Bengal, with an upper air cyclonic circulation persisting over the Bay of Bengal and adjoining Myanmar coast. A low-pressure area is expected to form over the north Bay of Bengal in the next 24 hours, likely enhancing rainfall activity over Gujarat in the coming days.

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