Intense cold wave conditions which were witnessed due to heavy rain in the past four days would continue to grip the State and its Capital in the next 3-4 days. On Sunday, the residents in Bhopal witnessed dense fog in the morning and it continued till afternoon.
With this, the visibility was reduced to 10 metre, which improved during the day and increased to 800 metre. After four consecutive days of inclement weather, bright clear sky with sun shine provided relief. Met department has forecasted that the temperatures would dip to 5 degree Celsius. On Saturday rain was not witnessed but the roads remained wet due to dew which was witnessed throughout the day.
Met department has warned that after the disappearance of cloud cover weather conditions would become harsher. At present the wind direction is South-Western and after the weather conditions would clear freezing cold Northerly winds would create extreme cold conditions. The rains have brought moisture and the cold winds would result in further dip in the temperatures but day temperatures would witness slight increase due to sun shine in the day time.
Hoshangabad recorded day temperature at 21.3 degree Celsius and night temperature at 11.4 degree Celsius. Day temperature was recorded at 18.7 degree Celsius and the night temperature was recorded at 12.4 degree Celsius. Among the major cities Gwalior recorded day temperature at 19.9 degree Celsius, Indore recorded day temperature at 18.4 degree Celsius and Jabalpur recorded day temperature at 21.5 degree Celsius on Sunday.
Malajkhand recorded 2 cm of rainfall in the past 24 hours which was the maximum amount of rainfall across the state. The weather conditions which were harsh kept the people from enjoying Rahgiri Day on Sunday morning as low presence of citizens was witnessed in the morning but those who were present enjoyed the Rahgiri Day with sitting around bonfire and sipping coffee. Skating, Badminton, Cycling, Football, Yoga, Aerobics and other cultural events were held during Rahagiri Day.