Although there were spells of scattered rainfall in some places of Madhya Pradesh, the southwest monsoon in the State has lost its sting, Met office sources said.
“In the past 24 hours, some places in Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain, Hoshangabad, Rewa, Sagar, Shahdol and Jabalpur divisions received moderate rainfall,” an official of the city-based Regional Meteorological Centre said.Precipitation figures for the period are Mandsaur 80 mm; Raghogar 70; Silwani, lateri and Neemuch 50 each; Dindori and Katni 40 each; Byoara and Sagar 30 each; Gulabganj, Amarkantak, Ganjbasauda, Dewas, Mungawali and Guna 20 each; Narsighpur, Mansa, Budhni and Indore 10 mm each.
During the next 24 hours, rain with thunderstorms may occur in several areas Rewa, Sagar and Shahadol while some places in other divisions.Meanwhile, heavy showers for brief period were witnessed across the city on Sunday making the weather conditions pleasant. Cloud covers were witnessed throughout the day which poured in the evening bringing the day temperature down by few notches.
Met department told that the moisture incursion is maintained but in the lack of active systems the rain pattern would remain same.In the past 2-3 days state and state capital has received less rainfall and would receive less or no rainfall in the next 24 hours. On Sunday Sagar received 9 mm of rainfall, Sidhi received 14 mm of rainfall and Pachmari received 9 mm of rainfall.
For the first time in the past 3-4 days the Met department has not issued any warning of very heavy to heavy rains.In the absence of rainfall the temperatures were increased by few notches. City recorded day temperature at 31 degree celsius while the night temperature was recorded at 23.4 degree celsius.Among the major cities Gwalior recorded the highest day temperature at 34.2 degree celsius.
Pachmari recorded a day temperature at 26.9 degree celsius on Sunday and recorded night temperature at 18.9 degree celsius.Bichiya received 3 cm of rainfall, Umaria and Maheswar received 3 cm of rainfall while Damoh, Narsinghpur, Pachmari, Jhabua and Barwani received 1 cm of rainfall.