State is gripped by severe cold conditions for the past 4 days, cold wave conditions have prevailed making weather conditions unbearable, Bhopal recorded night temperature at 7.4 degree celsius lowest of the season.
Intense cold day conditions have been witnessed and alert has been issued for Chattarpur region while Gwalior, Chambal and Narmadapuram divisions and Satna, Panna, Bhopal, Raisen,Damoh, Sagar, Indore, Ujjain, Jabalpur, Chhindwara, Tikamgarh and Khandwa districts would witness cold day conditions.
Dense foggy conditions were witnessed in the state capital while sun shine was witnessed after 11 in the morning. Gwalior was the coldest place of the state at 4.5 degree Celsius at night. Barring 7 districts of Madhya Pradesh, the minimum temperature in the remaining 45 districts has been below 10 degrees.
The Met issued alert of dense fog conditions for Gwalior and moderate to dense fog for Rewa, Sagar, Bhopal, Chambal and Narmadapuram divisions and Annuppur, Shahdol, Jabalpur, Mandla, Datia, Neemuch, Balaghat, Narsingpur, Shivpuri and Mandsaur districts.
Guna recorded nigth at 5.7, 6 in Rajgarh, 6.5 in Ratlam, 7 in Sagar, 7.3 in Indore, 7.4 in Bhopal-Raisen, 7.5 in Nagaon, 7.7 in Dhar, Ujjain, 8.3 in Umaria, 8.4 in Narsinghpur, Damoh, Seoni 9, 9.5 in Betul, Rewa and 9.9 in Jabalpur(in degree celsius).
The day temperature will remain below 25 degree Celsius for the next three days. There will be fog in the morning and evening across the state.
According to the Meteorological Department, there will be night cold in Gwalior like Delhi. It may become cloudy in some areas of Madhya Pradesh from Wednesday evening. Light drizzle or rain may occur in adjoining areas of Khandwa, Betul, Chhindwara, Jabalpur and Shahdol. Its effect will be visible in Indore and Bhopal as well. The new system will be active from January 7.
According to the Meteorological Department, the new system will be active from January 7. The westerly winds will enter northern areas of India via Iran, Iraq from Afghanistan to Pakistan. From here moist cold winds will come to the plains. Due to this, there may be a slight increase in day and night temperatures due to cloud cover on January 7 and 8.