Fierce hot weather conditions were felt in the State capital on Wednesday as the day temperature crossed the mark of 44 degree Celsius, making Wednesday the hottest day of the season.
State capital witnessed highest day temperature of the season at 44.4 degree Celsius on Wednesday while the night temperature continued to trouble at 31.2 degree Celsius. Providing no respite in the hot weather conditions day temperature in the state capital continued to soar high.
Five places recorded day temperature around 46 degree Celsius on Wednesday. Gwalior, Rajgarh and Khajuraho recorded day temperature at 46 degree Celsius. Sheopur and Nowgong recorded day temperature at 46.6 and 46.7 degree Celsius on Wednesday.
In the intense hot conditions heat wave conditions have been witnessed at several places and warning of heat wave conditions in the next 24 hours has been issued by Met department in Gwalior and Chambal divisions and Umaria, Chhatarpur, Tikamgarh, Damoh, Raisen, Rajgarh, Khandwa, Khargone, Dhar, Badwani, Burhanpur, Shajapur, Ratlam, Rewa and Satna districts.
According to the forecast thundery activities and light showers are likely to be witnessed in Jabalpur division and Betul, Hoshangabad, Sagar, Damoh, Chattarpur, Neemuch, Mandsaur, Agar, Ratlam, Jhabua and Alirajpur districts.
According to the Met official systems are active which have made the weather conditions harsher. A trough over south Tamil Nadu to east Madhya Pradesh inducing a upper air cyclonic circulation over north central Maharashtra and south Madhya Pradesh and a trough from east Rajasthan to Gangetic West Bengal and north Madhya Pradesh- Jharkhand are active and induced the prevailing weather conditions.