With Bhopal recording 54 mm of rainfall on Saturday, it has received 1,313 mm of rainfall in the season. Heavy rainfall occurred at several places from Friday night till Saturday morning after monsoon activities increased in the past two days across the State.
After the heavy rainfall in the city and nearby areas, one sluice gate was opened in the morning on Saturday. This year the sluice gates were opened for the 10th time in the season.
Bairagarh recorded 5 cm of rainfall while city recorded 1 cm of rainfall on Saturday. The day temperature was recorded at 29.3 degrees Celsius while the night temperature was recorded at 23.8 degrees Celsius. Indore recorded day temperature at 29.6 degrees Celsius, Gwalior recorded maximum temperature at 34.2 degrees Celsius and Jabalpur at 32.1 degrees celsius. In the past 24 hours, the highest rainfall was recorded in Sagar region recorded 130 mm of rainfall and followed by Seoni region which recorded 120 mm of rainfall. Sheopur Kalan recorded 8 cm of rainfall Nasrullahganj recorded 7 cm of rainfall and Tikangarh recorded 5 cm of the rainfall.
According to Meteorological Department, thundery activities and light showers are likely to occur in the city in the next 24 hours. Activities over Bay of Bengal would induce rainfall in the next 2-3 days, Meteorological Department added.
Indore, Hoshangabad, Ujjain, Bhopal and Jabalpur divisions, Sagar, Damoh, Guna and Sheopur kalan are likely to receive thundery activities and light showers in the next 24 hours. Meteorological Department has issued warning of heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours for Sagar, Hoshangabad, Sehore, Betul, Seoni, Chhindwara, Narsinghpur and Balaghat districts.