Forecast by the weathermen of heavy rainfall at several places in the states was witnessed on Monday. Heavy spells of rainfall were witnessed but the hot and humid conditions remained unchanged.
City witnessed few spells of heavy rainfall during the day and intermittent rainfall was witnessed. light showers were witnessed in the day making the weather soothing.
The system movement in the next 24 hours would change the weather pattern and heavy rainfall would decrease. City recorded day temperature at 33.3 degrees celsius while the night temperature was recorded at 25.2 degrees celsius.
Among the major cities Indore and Gwalior witnessed good rainfall as each recorded 2 cm of rainfall in the past 24 hours.
Warning of heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours has been issued by Met department at few places of Burhanpur, Khandwa, Khargone, Harda, Hoshangabad, Betul, Chhindwara, Neemuch, Mandsaur, Jhabua, Ratlam, Shajapur, Ujjain, Indore, Seoni and Narsinghpur.
A cyclonic circulation can be seen over West Madhya Pradesh and adjoining East Rajasthan. Another cyclonic circulation can be seen over Marathwada as well. Additionally, a trough is also seen from West Madhya Pradesh to Marathwada between these two systems.
Monsoon rains pacing towards Gujarat and Rajasthan Marathwada and Vidarbha continue to enjoy good monsoon rains. At present, West Madhya Pradesh stands at a rain surplus of 46 percent while East Madhya Pradesh is rain excess by 48 per cent.
South and West Madhya Pradesh are expected to receive much heavier rain activities. These rains are likely to continue till July 28. Henceforth, by July 29, rain-belt is expected to move towards North Madhya Pradesh and places like Guna, Gwalior and Shivpuri might receive good rainfall.
Axis of Monsoon trough is also passing through Madhya Pradesh via Shivpuri and Damoh. Due to the combined effect of these weather systems, moderate to heavy rains are a possibility at many places over the state. It can be stated that Madhya Pradesh is the rainiest state till date across the country. Moreover, good rains are also predicted for next few days which would probably increase the percentage of rain surplus over the state.