The State has witnessed good rainfall in the past 24 hours at several places and weather pattern would remain the same for the next 2-3 days.
Met officials said that the rainfall activity would increase in the next 2-3 days across the State. City recorded 9 cm of rainfall in the past 24 hours providing relief from the hot and humid conditions. Good amount of rainfall would decrease the deficit of the rainfall in the city.
From the early morning hours heavy downpour was witnessed at several places in the city and with regular intervals rainfall was witnessed. In the afternoon clear sky was seen but later got covered with cloud cover.
Major cities witnessed good amount of rainfall in the past 24 hours and which decreased the difference in temperatures. Heavy rainfall in southern areas would be witnessed in the next 24 hours.
Jabalpur recorded the highest rainfall in the state at 12 cm in the past 24 hours. Khategaon recorded 11 cm, Nasrullahganj recorded 10 cm , Ashta, Petlawad and Dindori recorded 8 cm of rainfall and Depalpur, Umaria, Sehore and Malajkhand recorded 7 cm of rainfall in the past 24 hours.
City witnessed rainfall on Friday and heavy and moderate rainfall was witnessed during the day.
Alert has been issued for Jabalpur, Dindori, Katni, Sehore, Hoshangabad, Rajgarh, Betul and Rewa districts. These districts are prone of water logging in low lying areas due to heavy rainfall.
Warning of heavy rainfall in Rajgarh, Guna, Ashoknagar, Agar, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Ujjain, Alirajpur, Shajapur, Sagar, Vidisha, Tikamgarh and Chhattarpur districts in the next 24 hours has been issued by Met department.
Most of the places in Bhopal and Ujjain divisions and Guna, Shivpuri, Ashoknagar, Jhabua, Alirajpur, Dhar, Barwani, Sagar and Hoshangabad districts are likely to receive good amount of rainfall in the next 24 hours.