light showers expected in the next 48 hours in the State could make the weather conditions extreme as it was also witnessed in the northern parts of the State making the weather conditions harsh. The State capital too witnessed dense clouds, chilly winds and rain like conditions on Saturday.
Gwalior, Ujjain, Indore, Chambal, Bhopal, Hoshangabad, Sagar and Rewa divisions are likely to witness light thundershowers and dense fog would be witnessed in the few areas of these divisions in the next 48 hours. Thick cloud cover over the city was witnessed on Saturday in the Sate capital. Abrupt weather conditions which were witnessed by the city in the past few days went harsher as chilly winds were witnessed throughout the day and cloud cover added to the harshness of the weather conditions in the city.
On Saturday morning the weather conditions witnessed abrupt change and dense cloud cover was seen over the city which restrained the sun to provide any kind of relief to the city people suffering the severity of the harsh weather conditions. The conditions were conducive to rains but the thick cloud cover maintained the darkness and didn't pour.
People chose to remain inside and streets wore a deserted looks at several places in the busy market place and crowded areas of the city. The night temperature which was 15.2 degree Celsius on Friday dipped and was recorded at 11.9 degree Celsius on Saturday.Shivpuri was the coldest place in the state capital on Saturday as it recorded a night temperature of 7 degree Celsius. Gwalior received the highest amount of rainfall on Saturday and received 2.9 mm of rainfall.
Other regions which received significant amount were Datia, Gun and Naugoan which received 1.2 mm, 1.4 mm and 2 mm of rainfall respectively. Met officials told that the active Upper Air Cyclonic Circulation over Northern part of the state is responsible for the abrupt changes and the system is likely to become weak within next 2 days.