Spell of light and heavy showers were witnessed across the state and state capital in the past 24 hours and warning of heavy rainfall has been issued by Met department.
Met department officials said that an Upper Air Cyclonic Circulation over north Odisha, monsoon trough over Bhatinda, Hisar, Alwar, Gwalior, Satna, Ambikapur, Jamshedpur, Digha to Bay of Bengal, an Upper Air Cyclonic circulation over south Gujarat are the systems which have induced the weather changes. Apart from these existing systems an upper air cyclonic circulation over Bay of Bengal would induce good rainfall around September 1.
State capital witnessed light showers at frequent intervals with dense clouds throughout the day. Warning of heavy rainfall was issued by Met department for Balaghat, Mandla, Anuppur, Dindori, Jabalpur, Narsinghpur, Raisen, Harda, Hoshangabad, Betul, Burhanpur, Khandwa, Khargone, Badwani, Alirajpur and Dhar districts which are likely to receive heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours.
Rainfall activities would be witnessed for the next 3-4 days and according to the forecast most of the places in Chambal, Indore, Hoshangabad, Jabalpur divisions and Sehore, Raisen and Bhopal districts and several places in Rewa, Ujjain, Sagar, Shahdol and Gwalior divisions and Rajgarh and Vidisha districts are likely to receive rainfall in the next 24 hours.
Gotegaon in Narsinghpur recorded 15 cm of rainfall which was the highest in the state in the past 24 hours. Balaghat recorded 13 cm, Hanumana recorded 10 cm, Jabalpur recorded 9 cm, Paraswada in Balaghat recorded 8 cm, Waraseoni recorded 7 cm, Katangi in Balaghat recorded 6 cm, Patan, Jaithari and lakhnadon recorded 5 cm of rainfall and Narsinghpur recorded 4 cm of rainfall.