Finally good news arrived for the people in State capital giving respite from intense hot and humid weather conditions, as pre-monsoon showers lashed the city in the afternoon.
The monsoon is going to hit state capital in the next three days. The monsoon is likely to hit the south–east part of the state within next 48 hours which would cover the state capital by June 11, said Met official. State capital witnessed pre-showers which was awaited for the welcome of the monsoon whole heartedly for the past few days. With the rainfall speedy winds were witnessed across the state capital, several trees fell, traffic jams were witnessed and disrupted power supply in several places. With the good rainfall temperatures fell to 40.3 degree Celsius while the rainfall was recorded at 6 mm. The weather conditions turned pleasant in the afternoon after dark cloud covers poured heavily at various places leaving the state capital lashed with pre-monsoon showers. The movement of the monsoon remained favorable in the past 4-5 days and possibilities of monsoon arrival within next three days remain strong. The fire brigade was informed of felling of trees at Char Imli, Danish Kunj, Abhinav Homes, Manisha Market, Shahpura, Gulmohar, Sai-mandir and few sign boards were found to be broken. No one was injured in the incident. Several places have recorded good amount of rainfall in the past 24 hours. Tonk khurd in Dewas recorded 5 cm of rainfall, Amarkantak and Jaithari in Anuppur recorded 4 cm of rainfall, Seoni recorded 3 cm and Chindwara recorded 2 cm. The highest day temperature was recorded at 45 degree Celsius in Sheopur.
Other regions which recorded higher day temperatures were Guna at 44.4 degree Celsius and Rajgarh at 43.7 degree Celsius. According to the forecast thunder showers and speedy winds would be witnessed in Rewa, Shahdol, Jabalpur and Hoshangabad divisions, Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur, Sagar, Damoh, Sehore, Raisen, Vidisha, Rajgarh, Bhind, Morena, Khandwa, Khargone, Burhanpur, Badwani, Indore, Ujjain, Dhar and Dewas in the next 24 hours.