After abrupt weather conditions for the past few days, for the first time in the season people experienced hot weather on Saturday. The city witnessed scorching heat as the mercury crossed the 40 degree Celsius mark during the day. Several regions of the State had day temperature around 40 degree Celsius on Saturday. The met department claimed that the hot and humid conditions would prevail for the next 5-6 days. Increase in the day and night temperatures would be witnessed and the increasing trend of the temperatures would prevail.
The city would witness partial cloudy conditions during day time which are induced by moisture present after the abrupt change in the weather conditions. Among the major cities, Gwalior recorded day temperature at 40 degrees Celsius while Jabalpur recorded day temperature at 40.1 degrees Celsius. Only Indore recorded the day temperature below 40 degrees Celsius mark among the major cities on Saturday.
Hoshangabad region near the State Capital recorded day temperature at 41 degrees Celsius. Khandwa witnessed the hottest day of the season in the State and recorded highest day temperature at 41.8 degrees Celsius on Saturday. Guna recorded day temperature at 41.4 degrees Celsius, Sagar recorded day temperature at 40.4 degrees Celsius and Rewa recorded day temperature at 40 degrees Celsius.
Early morning hours would witness speedy winds and the pattern would be witnessed for the whole of next week. The speed winds will decrease after sunset, raising the night temperature. Met department officials said that the State is receiving north-westerly winds which has pushed the temperature up and the speed of the winds is around 20-25 km/hr.