Dust storm and rainfall were witnessed in the evening after a hot and humid day in the city on Sunday. Thundery activities, which were witnessed, changed the weather conditions providing relief from the harsh weather conditions.
Partial clouding was witnessed in the morning and after the cloud cover vanished the hot and humid conditions prevailed throughout the day, but with the advent of the evening, the weather changed completely.
City, which witnessed day temperature at 43.1 degrees Celsius on, Friday which was the highest day temperature of the season dipped to 40.4 degrees Celsius due to abrupt change in the weather conditions.
The day temperatures have dipped in the last two days, but the night temperatures have witnessed an increasing pattern and the night temperature on Satruday was the highest of the season at 27.6 degrees Celsius. During the dust storm and high speed winds, a tree was uprooted and a car was damaged.
The changes are of pre-monsoon activities and are helped by a low pressure area over eastern region of the State, which is passing over southern Tamil Nadu.
High speed winds of around 40-45 km/hr followed by rainfall in the city were witnessed in the evening on Sunday making it pleasant for a brief period.
System over Rajasthan has also contributed to the change in the weather conditions.
Changed weather conditions would be witnessed in the next 3-4 days and in the changed weather conditions thundery activities, dust storms and rainfall are likely to occur across the State.
Met department officials told that the temperatures would not witness significant change due to the changed weather conditions. Several places recorded day temperature at 44 degrees Celsius.
During the dust storm, visibility became almost zero bringing the traffic movement to complete halt and in which several hoardings were damaged across the city.
Among the major cities, Gwalior recorded the highest day temperature at 43.2 degrees Celsius, Jabalpur recorded day temperature at 42.1 degrees Celsius.
Bhopal and Indore, which were witnessing day temperature around 42-43 degrees Celsius, saw temperature around 40 degrees Celsius on Sunday.