Heavy showers lashed the city on Friday evening providing relief from the hot and humid conditions that prevailed throughout the day.
There was clear sky since afternoon, but soon clouds hovered around and late in the evening it rained heavily. City received heavy showers for around half an hour disrupting the traffic and creating water-logging in many part of the city. Met officials told that the city would be receiving more rains on Saturday. light and intermittent showers would be witnessed in the next 24 hours.
An upper air cyclonic circulation active over Rajasthan and adjoining regions of MP is causing the abrupt changes. Good amount of moisture incursion has lead to the rains in several parts of the State. Northern regions of the State are more likely to receive rainfall in the next 24 hours. Gwalior, Chambal, Rewa, Shahdol, Sagar, Bhopal and Hoshangabad divisions are more prone to rainfall told the Met officials.
Warning of hailstorms in the Rewa, Sagar, Shahdol, Ujjain,Gwalior and Chambal divisions in the next 24 hours has been issued by the Met officials. Sharp changes in the night and day temperatures would not be witnessed due to the abrupt changes. The day temperatures would be witnessed in the range of 31 degrees Celsius and night temperatures would be witnessed in the range of 16 degrees Celsius in Bhopal and nearby areas in the next 24 hours.
Khajuraho remained the coldest place in the State and recorded night temperature at 9 degree Celsius. Bhopal, Indore and Jabalpur recorded day temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius on Friday.