The citizens in the State Capital had a big relief from the hot and humid condition late on Monday evening, when it rained heavily. The rain continued for over one hour, however, the Met officials claimed that they would wait till Tuesday to declare whether the monsoon has arrived in Bhopal.
With relief from weather the normal life was disrupted as traffic jams and power supply disruption were witnessed for hours and the smooth functioning was made possible after hours.The weather during the day on Sunday remained hot and humid, clouds though provided relief in the late afternoon. This pattern was followed on Monday and it rained heavily in the evening.
Pre monsoon activities was witnessed in and around the city for the past two days and on Monday heavy rainfall was witnessed Several regions have received good amount of rainfall in the past 24 hours. On Monday Mandal received 3.8 cm of rainfall, Guna received 3.7 cm of rainfall, Satna received 1.8 cm of rainfall, Umaria received 1 cm of rainfall and Hoshangabad received .8 cm of rainfall.
Bhopal district has received pre-monsoon rains with a deficit. The city had a rainfall deficit of 1.33 cm in the season. The temperature at night was recorded to be 24.4 degree Celsius.
Moisture incursion from Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal is inducing rains across the state and would rain in the city in next two days, claimed the Met department officials.