Cloud cover, which was witnessed during the day, raised the night temperature but the clouds provided relief from the harsh heat wave conditions. MET department has claimed that the evenings might witness light showers and thundery activities due to intense heating during the day. With few exceptions the state is receiving moisture from Arabian Sea. Gwalior and Chambal region are among the regions which are not receiving moisture.
MET official said that monsoon takes around 12 days to reach the city which suggests that monsoon would hit the city by June 16 and by June 26 the monsoon would cover the whole state. Night temperatures have once again reached discomforting levels which was witnessed by the city on Friday night witnessing night temperature at 31.2 degree Celsius which was recorded with a significant rise above the normal temperature. The night temperature was 27.6 degree Celsius on Friday which raised by around 4 degree Celsius.
City recorded night temperature 5 degree Celsius above the night temperature which was the highest upwards deviation of the season which took the night temperature to harsh level. The trend of decreasing day temperatures continued on Saturday and the city witnessed day temperature at 40.7 it was not a significant change but weather was harsh as hot and humid conditions prevailed. The night temperature witnessed was the highest of the season on Friday earlier the temperature was recorded at 31 degree Celsius.
Hoshangabad recorded day temperature at 43 degree Celsius on Saturday while the night temperature was recorded at 30.4 degree Celsius. Thundery activities and dust storms would be witnessed in Ujjain, Indore, Bhopal, Hoshangabad, Jabalpur and Shahdol divisions in the next 24 hours. Met department has forecasted that the day temperatures would remain around 42 degree Celsius while the night temperatures would be witnessed around 29 degree Celsius.