Madhya Pradesh that was witnessing extremely dry and warm weather since last couple of days was drenched with rainy spells at some laces on Thursday night; in fact, a few regions also witnessed hailstorm activities.
In the last 24 hours, from 08:30 am on Thursday, Gwalior witnessed light spells of 0.1 mm and Morena witnessed hailstorm activities in the last 24 hours.
However, the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded at important cities of the state was as follows Bhopal 34 and 15.5, Indore 32 and 15.5, Gwalior 32.1 and 15.7 and Jabalpur 31.3 and 16.5 degree Celsius. Raisen was hottest in the state at 36.2 while Sheopur recorded the maximum temperature of 30 degree Celsius.
Weather department reiterates that convective clouds were developing in the region since morning. Moreover, during the afternoon, the height of convective clouds had reached up to around 7 to 8 km resulting in hailstorm activities at these places. This has led to on and off rain and thundershower activities over North Madhya Pradesh.
Weather office further reiterates that the Cyclonic Circulation that was over Northeast Rajasthan can be seen over adjoining areas of western Madhya Pradesh. Moreover, a trough was also extending from this system up to East Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Both these weather systems also contributed to the period of rain and thundershower activities over both these states. Weathermen also predicts that the sky is now likely to clear up and thus the clear weather will also start prevailing along with bright sunshine. With this, day maximum will once again start crawling back to normal average temperatures. However, as these hailstorms were light in nature, news of any crop damages has not been reported yet. Generally, crops like mustard, chana, and wheat are sown in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and these light rains are predicted to be beneficial for the crop.