Ahmedabad: Rain likely in city this evening

The city on Friday received an average of 1mm of rain, till 4pm on Friday, with the sky remaining overcast for most of the day.

This also led to a dip in the maximum temperature to 31.2 degrees celsius, which was 2.5 degrees lower than normal.

A week ago, the average maximum temperature ranged from 34 to 36 degrees.

The India meteorological department (IMD) has forecast rain or thundershowers towards the evening or night on Saturday.

The forecast also mentions the likelihood of heavy to very heavy rain in parts of south Gujarat and the eastern parts of the state on Saturday. 

The change in weather is caused by two systems - a trough from southwest Rajasthan to north Odisha, and a well-marked low-pressure area over eastern Madhya Pradesh.

For most of the state, this spell of rain is likely to continue for the next four days, the forecast states.