Northerly winds have maintained the intense cold conditions in the State testing the bearing limits of weather conditions of people.
On Sunday morning cold conditions prevailed but the afternoon with bright sun light provided some relief from the harsh conditions. Cold winds were witnessed in the early morning hours and in the afternoon. Capital recorded a night temperature of 8.2 degree Celsius on Saturday and the day temperature on Sunday was recorded at 20.3 degree Celsius. The day temperature was recorded 5 degree Celsius below the normal temperature.
Met officials told that the visibility was not disturbed by the cold conditions on Sunday morning. At around 7.30 am the visibility was low which increased till 9.30 am. Shallow fog is likely to occur on Monday morning. Chances of rainfall in the state are very low and in the next 3-4 days, city is likely to received light showers and the temperatures would witness change. Abrupt change could be witnessed making the nights more cold and day temperature would witnessed dip.
Dense fog would be witnessed in Rewa, Sagar and Jabalpur divisions. Rewa, Hoshangabad, Bhopal and Ujjain divisions recorded steep decrease in the night temperatures. In the past 24 hours Rewa division witnessed light showers. Rewa recorded 2.2 mm of rainfall and Sidhi recorded 1.2 mm of rainfall. Damoh remained the coldest place in the state and recorded night temperature at 4 degree Celsius on Saturday. Day temperature in Indore was recorded 8 degree Celsius below normal temperature at 21.4 degree Celsius while the night temperature was recorded at 8.6 degree Celsius which was recorded 1 degree Celsius below the normal temperature.