Heavy rain at isolated places in the State disrupted normal life after chilly and foggy weather conditions were followed by rain, day temperatures dipped while night temperatures soared on Thursday.
In past 24 hour, the day temperature in the State capital dipped by 6 notches and recorded at 17.6 degree.
Malajkhand recorded the highest rainfall at 5 cm, Amarkantak recorded 4 cm of rainfall, Seoni and Amarwada recorded 3 cm of rainfall, Saunsar and Gurh recorded 2 cm of rainfall, Annupur, Chhindwara, Ambah and Sabalgarh recorded 1 cm of rainfall.
Sharp decrease in day temperature was witnessed after chilly and foggy weather conditions prevailed in the morning; state capital recorded a steep dip of 6 degree Celsius in day temperature in the past 24 hours.
Bhopal recorded day temperature at 17.6 degree Celsius and night temperature at 13.2 degree Celsius. Several areas recorded steep dip in the day temperature which was in the range of 6-8 degree Celsius.
The day temperatures which soared around 35 degree Celsius dipped to 25 degree celsus.
Chilly weather conditions making the weather conditions harsh were witnessed throughout the day while cloud cover blanketed the state capital. Lowest night temperature was recorded at 7 degree Celsius at Sheopur.
Warning of thundery activities and hailstorms has been issued and Rewa, Shahdol and Jabalpur divisions, Bhopal, Gwalior, Chambal, Sagar and Hoshangabad are regions which are prone to these abrupt changes are likely to witness changes in the next 24 hours.
The foggy conditions which have disrupted normal life would continue to prevail as warning of shallow to dense fog has been issued by Met department. Medium to dense fog would be witnessed in Gwalior, Chambal, Bhopal and Ujjain divisions while shallow to medium fog would be witnessed in Sagar and Rewa.