Worsening the woes of the farmers in Madhya Pradesh, inclement weather in the past 24 hours has again played havoc in Ashok Nagar, Narsinghpur and nearby areas damaging the standing crops.
As per instructions, the Government officials are already on the job for assessing the loss of crops in different parts of the State, but every day new areas are included in the list of affected districts. Weathermen stated that winds from the west have induced rain and cold winds making cold weather conditions and the changed weather led to light showers from Sunday night till Monday morning which dipped the temperature significantly.
The lowest night temperature was recorded at 18.2 degree Celsius and in the year 2013 the lowest night temperature was recorded at 17 degree Celsius.
Night temperature dipped by six degree Celsius in the past two days, the night temperature which was recorded at 24 degree Celsius on Saturday was recorded at 20.5 degree Celsius on Sunday. The Met department claimed that the night temperatures would witness further decrease.
In the past 24 hours the city received 1.4 mm of rainfall, Indore received 5.6 mm of rainfall, Gwalior received 3.8 mm of rainfall, Jabalpur received 5.6 mm of rainfall and Khajuraho received 18.3 mm of rainfall.
Heavy and light rainfall was witnessed across the State in the past 24 hours. Day temperatures decreased significantly after heavy downpour during the night and light showers in the early morning hours.
The State would continue to witness abrupt weather conditions in the next 24 hours as Met has issued warning of speedy winds of around 40-50 km/hr.
The city recorded day temperature 12 degree Celsius below the normal temperature at 25.8 degree Celsius and the night temperature which was witnessed above 20 degree Celsius in the past few days witnessed a dip and was recorded 4 degree Celsius below the normal temperature. The sun shine was witnessed making the temperature hot and humid for short periods and again retaining the cloud cover with low day temperature.
Partial clouding remained throughout the day in the city while a few places witnessed dark cloud cover and the same pattern would be witnessed in the next 24 hours.
The city would witness light showers in the next 24 hours and thundery activities are likely to be witnessed in the city and nearby areas.
The Met department officials said that southern parts of the State are likely to witness hailstorm in the next 12 hours. The regions which are prone to hailstorm are Dhar, Barwani, Indore, Jhabua, Ratlam, Ujjain and Dewas.
Datia recorded the highest day temperature at 38 degree Celsius. The day temperature would remain around 25 degree Celsius while the night temperature would remain around 18 degree Celsius.
Hata region under Damoh district received 9 cm of rainfall in the past 24 hours. Timarni, Sonkutch, Kahchrod, Amrwada, Panna and Kannod received 3 cm of rainfall.