The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued the following Forecast and Nowcast warnings for Gujarat on Friday (18 September), as per the District-wise forecast PDF document issued at 1200 hours (local time) on Thursday (17 September).
• Forecast: A yellow alert for light thunderstorms accompanied by lightning, surface winds reaching 30 to 40 kilometres per hour and light to moderate rainfall at isolated places has been issued across all districts of Gujarat.
• Nowcast: A red alert for heavy rainfall measuring more than 15 millimetres per hour, moderate thunderstorms with maximum surface wind speeds ranging from 41 to 61 kilometres per hour in gusts, and high cloud-to-ground lightning with a probability of more than 60 per cent has been issued for Banaskantha, Mehsana, Patan and Morbi. The alert is valid until 0400 hours (local time) on Friday (18 September).
• Nowcast: An orange alert for moderate rainfall ranging from five to 15 millimetres per hour, moderate thunderstorms with maximum surface wind speeds ranging from 41 to 61 kilometres per hour in gusts, and moderate cloud-to-ground lightning with a probability of 30 to 60 per cent has been issued for Sabarkantha, Kutch, Surendranagar, Rajkot, Junagadh, Amreli, Gir Somnath, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Aravalli, Mahisagar, Panchmahal and Dahod. The alert is valid until 0400 hours (local time) on Friday (18 September).
• Nowcast: A yellow alert for light rainfall measuring less than five millimetres per hour, light thunderstorms with maximum surface wind speeds below 40 kilometres per hour, and low cloud-to-ground lightning with a probability of less than 30 per cent has been issued for Devbhumi Dwarka, Jamnagar, Porbandar, Botad, Bhavnagar, Kheda, Anand, Vadodara, Chhota Udepur, Bharuch, Narmada, Surat, Tapi, Navsari, Dang and Valsad. The alert is valid until 0400 hours (local time) on Friday (18 September).
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