Weather conditions provided little relief from humidity; cloud cover remained throughout the day in the State capital, heavy rainfall is likely to be witnessed, told Met.
The rainfall activities would be witnessed till July 20 after which rainfall activities would decrease. State capital recorded day temperature at 31.8 degree Celsius and rainfall at isolated places was witnessed.
From July 23 to July 25, there is a possibility of heavy rainfall at many places with isolated rain from most places in East Madhya Pradesh and there is a possibility of rain at some places in West Madhya Pradesh.
An offshore trough is present from Maharashtra Coast to Karnataka Coast. This offshore trough is likely to persist for next 5-6 days and under its influence rainfall activities are very likely to continue over South-East Madhya Pradesh during July 18 to 20.
A low pressure area is very likely to form over north-west Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas around July 23. Due to its impact, there is a possibility of increase in rain activities over east central from July 22.
During the next 24 hours, there is a possibility of thunderstorms with lightning and thunder at isolated places in North Madhya Pradesh. The Met department has issued warning of heavy rainfall in Chambal division and Gwalior, Datia, Shivpuri, Betul and Sagar districts.
Warning of thundery activities and lightening has been issued for Sagar, Rewa, Shahdol, Jabalpur, Ujjain, Indore, Bhopal, Hoshangabad, Gwalior and Chambal divisions. Gwalior recorded 5.3 cm of rainfall on Monday; Nowgong recorded 4 cm of rainfall.