A huge relief was provided by the sun which appeared after three days of intense cold conditions in the city on Wednesday. The systems have moved towards Chhattisgarh and Jharkand making the weather conditions comforting.
Met officials claimed that the rainfall is less likely to occur but cold conditions, fog and frost would be witnessed in the next 24 hours at several places in the State. The State is witnessing northerly winds which would further dip the temperatures by few notches. The city recorded day temperature at 19.6 degree Celsius which was 5 degree Celsius below the normal temperature while the night temperature was recorded at 10 degree Celsius.
light showers and thundershowers would be witnessed in Sagar, Shahdol and Rewa divisions while few places in Gwalior, Chambal and Jabalpur divisions and Mandsaur, Neemuch, Agar, Vidisha, Hoshangabad and Raisen in the next 24 hours, according to the forecast of Met department.
According to the warning issued by the Met department, Gwalior division and Umaria and Shahdol would witness hailstorm, Rewa and Chambal divisions and Gwalior, Datia, Shivpuri, Tikamgarh, Chattarpur, Panna districts would witness cold waves and fog, Gwalior, Ujjain, Bhopal, Hoshangabad, Chambal and Indore divisions would witness cold wave conditions and Gwalior and Chambal divisions would witness frost in the next 24 hours. The Met official said the day temperatures would increase while the night temperatures would decrease.
Wednesday was the coldest day of current winter season in Indore with the maximum day temperature in the city plummeting to 20.6 degree Celsius, 5 degree lower than the normal day temperature. With dip in temperature, chilly weather condition prevailed in the city throughout the day, prompting people to wear warm clothes which apparently they had put back in the shelves.