After Delhi, NCR and northern States, the fog on Sunday engulfed this city of lakes and the districts contiguous to neighbouring Uttar Pradesh. For the second consecutive day dark and dense fog was witnessed in the state capital and several parts of the state.
The cold weather conditions have made the weather harsh but the night temperatures which were recorded around 8 degrees celsius have been recorded at 10 degree celsius on Satruday. Rasien, Guna, Gwalior, Shivpuri recorded the lowest night temperature of the state at 10 degree celsius
In the next 24 hours Sagar, Rewa, Chambal divisions and Gwalior, Shivpuri, Katni, Shahdol, Umaria districts would witness fog.
Met department told that the northerly winds and moisture has created fog witnessed for the past two days. The other reason was the passing of Western Disturbance.
The visibility was less than 50 meters at around 8.30 am on Sunday due to the foggy conditions which occurred for the second consecutive day.
The early morning hours were with dense fog giving a hard time for the commuters to find their way and confined the people in their houses who go for morning walk.
City recorded day temperature at 25.4 degree celsius while the night temperature was recorded at 13.6 degree celsius and it was recorded 2 degree celsius above the normal temperature. The night temperatures have been recorded above normal temperature at several places. Bhopal experienced fog for the first time in this year on Saturday and witnessed sun shine around noon. The flights from Bhopal to Delhi and Mumbai were delayed for two hours while a Delhi-bound flight was cancelled in the evening, the Airport sources said. Several trains were also running delayed due to inclement weather condition.
According to weathermen the change of weather caused due to the passing of the cyclonic storm Nada over the state. He said that the weather would remain same during the next two to three days and shivering cold would take some time to come.
The weather across the state would remain dry during the next 24 hours.