Several regions of East Madhya Pradesh witnessed thundershowers and rainfall on Saturday which brought down the temperature marginally on Sunday. The pattern was witnessed on Sunday as few areas of the North-Eastern parts of the State witnessed rainfall.
Seoni received 5.2 mm of rainfall while Narshingpur and Malajkhand recorded a 4.6 mm of rainfall on Sunday. Among the major cities Jabalpur received .2 mm of rainfall.
Rewa, Satna, Sidhi, Umaria, Jabalpur and Sagar were the other regions which witnessed rainfall on Saturday. The Met dept confirmed that on Sunday evening several regions of East Madhya Pradesh also witnessed rainfall
The State capital received traces of rainfall and lightning was witnessed in the evening which was followed by light showers late night on Saturday but it was not enough to bring temperature down to provide relief from scorching heat. The cloud cover vanished on Sunday which made the weather condition to take the normal course.
In the nearby districts Hoshangabad recorded day temperature at 39.4 degree Celsius on Sunday and the region also witnessed light shower on Saturday.
An active upper air cyclonic circulation system over Eastern parts of the State caused the rains. The strength of the system is not dampening and will remain for the next 24 hours which might cause thundershower and rainfall in the North –East region of the State. The Western part of the State capital will remain dry while the North Eastern region will witness light showers, told Met official.
Among the major cities Indore recorded a day temperature at 38.4 degree Celsius which was 2 degree above the normal temperature. Jabalpur recorded a dip in the day temperature after receiving the rainfall on Saturday. The day temperature recorded in Jabalpur was 38.2 degree Celsius.