Dense clouds covered the sky in the evening but failed to pour in the evening on Friday in the state capital. Still, several regions received pre-monsoon rainfall in the past 24 hours.
On Friday, there was heavy rain in Khargone for around half an hour. At the same time, Sironj, Rajgarh and Khandwa also got good rainfall. It also rained in the capital Bhopal. On the other hand, many districts including Indore remained cloudy. Light showers were also reported in some areas.
The Met said that from June 13, pre-monsoon will become fully active across the state and will remain till the monsoon arrives.
According to the Met, Khargone received 7 mm of rain and has also been recorded in Rajgarh, Chhindwara and Jabalpur. After the rain, the effect of heat has faded. There has been a drop in the day temperatures. Bhopal recorded 41.9 degrees Celsius, Indore 40, Jabalpur 41.6 and Gwalior 44.4 degrees Celsius.
On Thursday, due to the active western disturbance, there will be some relief from June 11. Monsoon is likely to reach Maharashtra in the next two days. Monsoon will reach Madhya Pradesh after June 15.
Conditions are favorable for further advance of monsoon into Goa and some more parts of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu in the next two days. From June 15, the pace of monsoon is likely to increase in the central and northern plains of the country.
In the Amla area, heavy rainfall was witnessed, roofs of houses blown up and dozens of trees uprooted.
The weather suddenly changed at around 3 pm today in Chutki Rateda of Amla area of Betul district. The roofs of the houses were blown away by the storm. The walls of many houses collapsed. Trees were also uprooted about 50 trees were uprooted.