Weather conditions witnessed changed from Thursday morning after cold winds made mercury dip to shivering level in the early morning hours while in the state night temperature dip to 7.5 degree Celsius recorded in Gwalior.
The state capital recorded night temperature at 13 degree Celsius while night temperature was recorded at 25 degree Celsius. The Met department told that no significant change in minimum temperature is likely, hence cold wave conditions with dry weather over most parts of Madhya Pradesh during next 5 days.
Western Disturbance as a cyclonic circulation persists with westerly westerly winds from Himachal Pradesh to Kutch with a trough now lies over Northeast Rajasthan and adjoining areas. No Western Disturbance is likely to affect Northwest India during the next 5 days. During the next 5 days, most parts of Madhya Pradesh are likely to witness dry weather and the minimum temperatures are not likely to change significantly.
Among the major cities Indore and Jabalpur recorded night temperatures above 16 degree Celsius.
Apart fom Gwalior, Khajuraho and Naugaon were the coldest. The minimum temperature at both the places was recorded at 8.6 degree Celsius. Datia recorded a temperature of 9.4 degrees Celsius, while Sidhi 10, Guna 10.6, Tikamgarh-Narsinghpur 11, Raisen 11.6 and Seoni 11.8 degrees Celsius.
In other districts the temperature remained higher than this. The weather pattern will remain the same in the coming days as well. This will further bring down the mercury.