State is witnessing cold conditions for the past two days, the night recorded 9 degree Celsius in Bhopal which was 3 degree Celsius below normal temperature.
Lowest night temperature was recorded at 5 degree Celsius at Nowgong and Khajuraho. Day witnessed bright sun light on Sunday still cold weather conditions prevailed in Bhopal.
The Met department told that due to the westerly winds from Pakistan, temperature is likely to witness an increase. Apart from these changes cold wave would continue in Chhatarpur, Mandla, Balaghat, Betul. Cold wave conditions were witnessed in Chhindwara, Mandla, Malajkhand, Khajuraho, Betul, Khandwa and Ratlam.
Shallow foggy conditions were witnessed at isolated places in Gwalior. Day temperature dropped at many places in Rewa, Shahdol, Jabalpur and Hoshangabad.
Among major cities Indore recorded day temperature 4 degrees below normal at 24.4 degree Celsius. At the same time, Gwalior recorded a dip by 3 degree celsius and recorded at 22.9 degree celsius while the day temperature in Bhopal and Jabalpur was more than 25 degrees.
The snowfall of north has led to the cold weather conditions in Madhya Pradesh. In the last 24 hours, there was a sharp drop in the day and night temperature.
Met official said cold conditions would remain like this for the next two days. The increase in temperature is likely after two days.
The mercury has come down to below 10 degrees in most areas of the state. The mercury remained below 8 in Bhopal and Gwalior. In Indore and Jabalpur it was recorded at 9.5 degree celsius.
In Chhindwara, Jabalpur, Khajuraho, Naugaon, Rewa, Satna, Umaria, Betul and Hoshangabad, the minimum temperature dropped by more than 4 degree celsius.
At present, Western Disturbance (WD) is active as a cyclonic activity. From February 6, the next weak Western Disturbance is becoming active which would impact in increase in temperature.