Parts of Gujarat receive showers

Several parts of Gujarat received light-to-thunder showers in the past 24 hours even as the meteorological department stated that it is because of high temperature causing land breeze and sea breeze.

Ahmedabad remained overcast on Wednesday and some parts of the city received light showers.

Meanwhile, strong winds continued to blow through the state on the second day on Wednesday.

The Rajkot city in Saurashtra received the highest rainfall with sharp showers lashing most parts of the city.

According to official sources, Rajkot received about seven mm of rainfall in just about half an hour. Several hoardings came crashing to the ground, damaging parked vehicles and a few trees too were uprooted, causing roadblocks and disruption of traffic.

Met department officials said that the cloudy conditions have been developing during the late afternoon and evening, and this is being caused because of the heating of the earth's surface.

"Many times, over heating causing swirlig winds, which develop into a thunderstorm like situation, but this is purely a local phenomenon," said an official of the department.

Officials said the day temperatures are likely to hover around the 40 degrees Celsius mark, but evenings are likely to be much cooler and pleasant.