Monsoon would hit Madhya Pradesh with a delay of 2-4 days; it would now break around June 15-20. After Kerala, the monsoon has moved towards West Bengal, Tripura and Meghalaya and after Odisha it would move towards Madhya Pradesh.
According to the Met department monsoon reaches Odisha by June 10 but still there are no sign of the monsoon which suggests that it would delay by 2-3 days.
Met officials said that a low pressure area over Odisha and Madhya Pradesh is forming which would take around a week to become active and would help in earlier arrival of monsoon.
Relief from the harsh weather conditions would take few more days claimed the Met department. On Sunday the city witnessed day temperature at 42.1 degree Celsius which witnessed a rise of 2 degree Celsius in comparison of the day temperature of the past two days which was around 40 degree Celsius.
The day temperature which was around 40 degree Celsius for the past two days increased by two degree celsius on Sunday. Intense heating was witnessed in the city which made the evening hot and resulted into discomforting nights.
Morning witnessed cloud cover but the day was hot with scorching heat with no relief in the form of clouds or rainfall in the evening.
Gwalior and Naugoan recorded the highest day temperature of the State at 44.2 degree Celsius.
Met department had forecasted that evenings witnessing light showers and thundery activities due to intense heating during the day. The city would witness rainfall in the next 1-2 days.
Night temperatures are witnessed at discomforting levels, on Friday night temperature was witnessed at 31.2 degree Celsius which was recorded with a significant rise above the normal temperature which witnessed 4 degree Celsius increase from Thursday and on Sunday the night temperature was recorded at 31.1 degree Celsius.
Thundery activities and dust storms would be witnessed in Ujjain, Indore, Bhopal, Hoshangabad, Jabalpur and Shahdol divisions while dust storms would be witnessed in Rewa, Sagar, Gwalior and Chambal in the next 24 hours.