The State Capital and other parts of Madhya Pradesh are under the grip of cold wave condition and even in the bright sunlight cold conditions were witnessed due to rainfall at different places in the past 3-4 days. The weather conditions would be witnessed in the next 2-3 days.
The lowest temperature was recorded at 3.5 degree celsius. The Met department officials claimed that Vidisha and Shivpuri were the coldest which recorded night temperature at 5 degree Celsius. Guna recorded night temperature at 7.8 and Khajuraho recorded night temperature at 11 degree Celsius.
After the dip in the temperature dew drops were witnessed over flowers and crop. In Raisen the visibility decreased to 200 m due to dense fog and the dense was witnessed till 11 am and after 12 noon the weather conditions started to clear providing relief.
Despite of clear sky and bright sun shine from the morning cold conditions were witnessed throughout the day on Thursday. Day temperatures were witnessed with steep dip on Thursday.
Met department official claimed that the wind direction is northerly and the direction would remain northerly for the next 3-4 days making the weather conditions cold.
Dense fog and cold day would be witnessed in Rewa and Chambal divisions, Gwalior, Datia, Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur, Panna and Neemuch districts according to the warning issued by Met department.
Warning of frost has been issued in the next 24 hours and would be witnessed in Raisen, Ratlam, Guna and Shivpuri districts.
Night temperatures would dip and day temperature would witness increase in the next 3-4 days. In the past 24 hours Seoni, Bhopal, Ratlam and Guna witnessed cold wave conditions. Significant increase in the night temperatures in Rewa, Hoshangabad, Jabalpur and Shahdol divisions was witnessed.
City recorded day temperature at 21.1 degree Celsius which was 4 degree Celsius below the normal temperature while the night temperature was recorded at 6 degree Celsius which was 5 degree Celsius.
Rainfall and hail storms are less likely to occur in the next 2-3 days told the Met department officials.
Indore recorded day temperature at 21.5 degree Celsius which was 6 degree Celsius below normal temperature and the day temperature was recorded at 7.6 degree Celsius which was 2 degree Celsius below the normal temperature.
Among the major cities Gwalior witnessed light rainfall while the day temperature was recorded at 18 degree celsius which was 5 degree Celsius below normal temperature and the day temperature was recorded at 6.3 degree Celsius which was 1 degree celsius below the normal temperature.
Jabalpur recorded day temperature at 19.7 degree celsius which was 5 degree Celsius below normal temperature and the day temperature was recorded at 7.2 degree celsius which was 3 degree celsius below the normal temperature.