After witnessing a period of 3-4 days without rains city witnessed heavy spells on Saturday and would witness heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours warned Met officials on Sunday.
It was a sunny weekend with pleasant weather conditions and no disturbance of rains but the weather conditions are favourable for heavy rainfall with long spells and city is included in the list of regions which are likely to receive heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours.
On Saturday, the weather conditions were hot and humid even after heavy spells witnessed in evening and on Sunday the conditions were soothing.
The day temperature was witnessed at 32.2 degree celsius in the city on Sunday and recorded 2 cm of rainfall in the past 24 hours.
Among the major cities Indore recorded day temperature at 29.4 degree celsius and recorded 4.5 cm of rainfall in the past 24 hours. Gwalior and Jabalpur recorded day temperature at 33.1 degree celsius and recorded very less rainfall.
Monsoon trough passing over Gwalior and Jabalpur and system over western Madhya Pradesh has induced good rainfall at several places and would continue to continue to rain for the next 2-3 days. Warning of heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours in around 18 districts has been issued by Met department.
Bhopal, Dewas, Sehore, Indore, Buhanpur, Khandwa, Ratlam, Ujjain, Shajapur, Agar, Rajgarh, Mandsaur, Balaghat, Seoni, Mandla and Harda are the districts which are likely to receive heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours.
Met officials told that the warning of heavy rainfall for Vidisha and Hoshangabad districts was made and has been maintained as these two nearby districts of the city would have effects of systems inducing heavy rainfall.
Indore, Ujjain and Hoshangabad divisions would witness thundery activities and light rainfall in the next 24 hours.