The people had relief from the incessant rain lashing the city for the past two days on Friday. It only drizzled during the day. However, there was no relief in other parts of the State.
Weather conditions are likely to start improving by Saturday afternoon as clear sky and sun shine would provide relief. Central region was affected the most due to the harsh weather conditions which were formed due to heavy moisture incursion from Arabian Sea told the Met department. Temperatures would witness steep fall after the clearing of the sky in the next two days. City recorded 8.6 mm of rainfall in the past 24 hours. The day temperature was recorded at 15.1 degree Celsius and the night temperature was recorded at 13.4 degree Celsius.
Dark cloud cover which maintained the drizzle during the day was present on Friday. Heavy showers which disturbed the normal life on Thursday were replaced by drizzle which continued till the evening. Several regions across the state witnessed heavy rainfall in the past two days and the regions which witnessed heavy rainfall in the past 24 hours are Rewa and Betul (5 cm), Satna (4 cm), Sidhi, Umaria, Jabalpur and Pachmarhi (3 cm) and Narsinghpur and Damoh (2 cm).
Shivpuri recorded the lowest night temperature at 6 degree Celsius on Thursday. Gwalior, Chambal, Satna, Rewa and Sagar are likely to witness dense fog in the next 24 hours. Ujjain and Shahdol divisions would witness fog in the next 24 hours. Indore recorded day temperature at 16.5 degree Celsius while night temperature was recorded at 13.5 degree Celsius. Among the major cities Jabalpur recorded the highest day temperature at 19.2 degree Celsius on Friday. The difference between night and day temperature reduced to less than two degree Celsius on Friday and the difference would remain same in the next 2-3 days. Day temperatures were witnessed around 16 degree Celsius while the night temperatures were witnessed around 13 degree Celsius.