Bhopal

Dense fog, rain, chill play havoc in Bhopal city

Staff Reporter

The day temperature was recorded at 16.7 degree Celsius in the city while the night temperature was 14.3 degree Celsius. Strange weather conditions will continue in the Capital region for some more days, said the Met department. The major cities except Gwalior recorded day temperature below 20 degree Celsius. Extreme weather conditions which were witnessed for the past four days would follow the same pattern, claimed the Met department.

The city weather was very discomforting. Heavy rainfall was witnessed in the wee hours which continued till the early morning hours on Tuesday and during the day cold chilly winds were witnessed. So far, 40 mm rain has been recorded in the city in the month of January. Dense fog was also witnessed in the city and is likely to be witnessed in the next 24 hours. In the early morning hours the visibility decreased below 400 m and it was witnessed at several areas of the city.

Sagar and Ajaygarh in Panna received highest amount of rainfall in the past 24 hours. Upper Air Cyclonic Circulation over South Eastern Rajasthan and the western disturbance induced the changes and is helping the extreme weather conditions. Met department issued warning of dense fog in Ujjain, Gwalior, Chambal, Rewa,  Sagar, Hoshangabad, Bhopal and Indore.