City witnessed hot and humid weather conditions during the day on Thursday. Weather pattern remained the same which prevailed for the past three days. Dark and dense cloud were witnessed and later poured in the evening.
Hot and humid conditions were witnessed during the day on Thursday and late in the afternoon brief heavy showers provided relief from the harsh weather. The systems are active and more rainfall would be witnessed in the next 2-3 days. Several places in Jabalpur, Sagar, Bhopal and Ujjain divisions recorded good rainfall while Indore division recorded moderate rainfall in the past 24 hours. Warning of heavy rainfall has been issued for Hoshangabad and Jabalpur divisions.
In the past Chaurai and Sendhwa recorded the highest rainfall of the state at 9 cm, among the other high rainfall receiving regions Shyampur recorded 7 cm , Sujalpur and Sheopur recorded 6 cm, Gadarwada and Jabalpur recorded 5 cm, Sehore, Khacrod, Bhopal and Udaipura recorded 4 cm each , lakhnadon, Singrauli, Chhindwara and Bhabhra recorded 3 cm of rainfall each.
According to the forecast in the next 24 hours several places in Hoshangabad and Jabalpur divisions and Sehore, Bhopal, Raisen, Agar, Ujjain, Mandsaur, Anuppur, Dindori, Umaria and Sagar districts while few places in Vidisha, Rajgarh, Shahdol, Dewas, Khandwa and Burhanpur districts are likely to receive rainfall. In the rainfall witnessed in the past three days the deficit has decreased from the range of 400 mm to 334 mm on Thursday till date in the season is quiet a relief but more rainfall would be require for the water bodies to maintain water supply till the end of the summer season.