Soaring temperatures have cooled off little providing relief from scorching heat across the state, thundery activities and gusty winds are likely to be witnessed in the next 24 hours in few regions of the state which is impacted by monsoon movement at Bay of Bengal.
Bhopal recorded day temperature at 42.7 degree celsius while night temperature was 29 degree celsius. Day temperatures soared at 45 degree celsius at Nowgong and Sidhi. Monsoon has reached Bay of Bengal amid the continuing heat wave across the country. Its effect has been seen in Andaman and Nicobar and West Bengal.
The Met said that the monsoon will reach Kerala soon and is likely to reach the state by June 15. The Met has predicted rain in Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Assam and Kerala this week. The heat wave is expected to fade away in the next 2-3 days bringing down temperatures and if abrupt changes are not going to occur monsoon will reach the state by the second week of June.
From May 18 to May 22, there will be rain at some places due to cloud cover. Chances of good rain in pre-monsoon will continue for three days from May 22 and likely to continue till May 25. Some areas of Bhopal, Narmadapuram, Ujjain and Indore would witness more of its impact.
Light rainfall and thundery activities and gusty winds are likely to be witnessed in Chhindwara, Seoni, Narsingpur, Chattarpur, Damoh, Panna, Katni and Annupur districts.
The Met has issued a warning of heat wave conditions in Chambal, Gwalior, Rewa, Sagar divisions and Ratlam, Rajgarh,Khandwa, Khargone and Bhopal.