Abrupt change in weather conditions was witnessed in several parts of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday with light to heavy rain in more than a dozen districts of the State. Power supply remained disrupted in several parts of Bhopal till late night.
Weathermen informed that a trough line over Uttar Pradesh to Chhattisgarh has induced moisture incursion from Arabian Sea and which has decreased the temperature and induced light and heavy showers due to cloud cover.
The winds were witnessed at 20 km per hour on Wednesday. Partial cloud cover and thundery activities with light showers were witnessed and light rainfall for brief periods. Bhopal witnessed day temperature at 41.8 degree Celsius while the night temperature was recorded at 25.8 degree Celsius.
The rainfall during the day was witnessed at 3.8 mm which occurred in the evening and continued till late. Jabalpur recorded 1.6 mm of rainfall. The day temperature was recorded at 41.2 degree Celsius while the night temperature was recorded at 26.6 degree Celsius.
Indore recorded day temperature at 39.7 degree Celsius while the night temperature was recorded at 25 degree Celsius. After intense hot and humid conditions light showers were witnessed in the city on Wednesday.
Several areas of the city went in dark after heavy showers were witnessed providing relief from the scorching heat which made the weather harsh for the past two weeks.
The heavy showers were for brief period but drizzle continued for a few hours. The weather condition would attain normal weather condition on Thursday.
long queues of vehicles were witnessed after the showers late in the afternoon. Traffic jams were witnessed at several places across the city in the evening.
In the abrupt weather condition a tree was uprooted at Khanugaon and which obstructed the traffic but was removed later making the traffic flow smooth.
Indore correspondent reported that sudden change in weather condition with rains accompanied by high velocity storm lashing major parts of the city on Wednesday afternoon, brought about much needed respite for the city people from intense hot wave. Besides rains, reports of hailstones were also received from Beejalpur and other areas of the city.
On Wednesday afternoon, the city witnessed an abrupt change in weather condition with a thick blanket of cloud enveloping the city's sky. Suddenly a high velocity storm started blowing across the city at 70 km per hour. This was followed by reasonable to heavy downpour in many areas of the city, thereby plunging day's temperature of the city.
However, soon after rains stopped, weather again became sultry, thereby causing uneasiness to people. Because of storm, power supply in many areas of the city including Rajendra Nagar, Annapurna, Mhow Naka, Raj Mohalla, Ware House, Sangam House and Navlakha locality remained disrupted for several hours and the same was restored late Wednesday evening.
According to meteorological department, the city on Wednesday recorded maximum day temperature of 39 degree Celsius. The weather will remain cloudy on Thursday.