Orange warning in Vadodara, heavy rains forecast today

In the last 24 hours, Vadodara city has received an inch of rain. With this, the season's rainfall has been about two and a half inches. Now, the Meteorological Department has issued an orange warning for tomorrow. There will be heavy to very heavy rains. That's the prediction.

The monsoon starts in June, but so far it has not rained as much as it should have. Now that the month of July has started and Meghraja is batting explosives in North Gujarat and Saurashtra, but Vadodara city and its surrounding areas have not yet received enough rain.

In the last 24 hours, about an inch of rain has been recorded. With this, the seasonal rainfall is about two and a half inches. Scattered showers since last night had cooled the atmosphere. Not only that, there were scattered showers in the city during the day. The residents of the city, who had been suffering from heat and heat for a long time, finally felt the relief.

The mercury remained stable at 30.6 degrees Celsius with a drop of 1 degree due to showers amid cloudy weather today. The minimum temperature dropped by 1.8 degrees to 25.6 degrees Celsius. The air pressure was 997.7 millibars. The humidity was 89 per cent in the morning and 74 per cent in the evening.

The Meteorological Department has forecast heavy to very heavy rains in the city on July 5 and has issued an orange warning. After that, rain with thunderstorms is forecast from July 6 to July 10.

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