Heavy rain lashes city, brings mercury down

After heavy rainfall on Sunday morning, the witnessed the same for hours on Monday evening. The rain lashed the city till late in the evening.Met department claimed that the rains would continue in the next two to three days and later, the weather condition would change. The active system over the State has started the change and would induce more rainfall in the State in the next three to four days.

City received 1.6 cm rainfall in the past 24 hours. The day temperature was recorded at 27.3 degrees Celsius, which was 3 degrees Celsius below the normal temperature.Day temperature soared in Gwalior and was recorded at 36.1 degrees Celsius, which was 3 degrees Celsius above the normal temperature. The night temperature was recorded at 26.5 degrees Celsius.

Warning of heavy rainfall in the next 48 hours has been issued by Met department for Shahdol and Sagar divisions, Balaghat, Narsinghpur, Mandla, Seoni and Jabalpur districts and Rewa and Jabalpur divisions, Raisen, Ashok Nagar, Shivpuri, Gwalior, Datia and Morena districts.In the past 24 hours, Mandla received 13 cm, Mayyar 7 cm, Damoh, Shivpuri, Sohagpur received 6 cm, Satna and Umaria received 5 cm, Sidhi 4 cm and Sehore 3 cm rainfall. Jabalpur recorded 4 cm of rainfall in the past 24 hours, which dipped the day temperature by a few notches and was recorded at 26 degrees Celsius.