Day temperatures soared after dry weather conditions have been witnessed for the past 3-4 days and would continue for the next 2-3 days in the State and State Capital.
Hot and humid conditions were witnessed in the city after day temperature soared to 32.1 degree Celsius while night temperature was recorded at 24.9 degree Celsius.
Met official said that a system is present over Bay of Bengal and it movement would induce good rainfall after July 20. Western region of the state has a deficit of 5 percent in the season while Eastern region of the state has received little over the normal rainfall. A trough line over North West Rajasthan is passing over Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh would induce rainfall.
Jabalpur, Shahdol and Indore divisions recorded rainfall at several places while Sagar, Rewa, Gwalior and Chambal divisions recorded rainfall at few places in the past 24 hours.
Warning of heavy rainfall has been issued for Hoshangabad, Betul, Chhindwara, Seoni, Balaghat, Mandla, Vidisha and Raisen districts.
According to the forecast most of the regions of Hoshangabad division, Balaghat, Mandla, Seoni, Chhindwara, Narsinghpur, Raisen, Vidisha, Sagar, Tikamgar, Damoh and Sehore while several areas of Shahdol division, Jabalpur, Katni, Chhattarpur, Panna, Bhopal, Satna, Rewa, Dewas, Rajgarh, Shajapur, Guna, Ashoknagar, Alirajpur, Badwani, Jhabua districts are likely to receive rainfall in the next 24 hours.
The city should have received 293 mm in the season but it has received 180 mm which is a shortfall of 39 percent.
Good amount of rainfall was expected in the last week and the spell would have continued but the fast movement of the system failed to induce rainfall in the state.
Among the major cities Indore recorded day temperature at 31.8 degree which was 2 degree Celsius above the normal temperature while the night temperature was recorded at 22.7 degree Celsius.
Gwalior recorded day temperature at 32.8 degree Celsius and night temperature at 26.8 degree Celsius. Jabalpur recorded day temperature at 32.9 degree Celsius and night temperature at 23 degree Celsius.