Maintaining the abrupt weather conditions, more rains are likely across the State in the next 24 hours. The city received good amount of rainfall on Tuesday evening which brought the temperature by few notches on Wednesday.
Although dense cloud cover was witnessed throughout the day but the intense cold conditions were witnessed due to the strong chilly winds during the day in the city. Met department has issued warning of hail storm in few regions of Bhopal, Hoshangabad, Indore, Ujjain, Gwalior and Chambal divisions. According to the Met department officials on Tuesday the night temperatures in the Ujjain witnessed sharp decline and in the Indore division the night temperatures also witnessed significant dip.
Bhopal, Hoshangabad, Indore, Ujjain, Gwalior, Ujjain and Chambal divisions are likely to receive rainfall in the next 24 hours.Mandsaur and Shivpuri received the highest amount of rainfall and recorded 4 cm of rainfall while Gwalior and Morena received 3 cm of rainfall in the last 24 hours.Bhind, lahar and Sagar received 1 cm of rainfall. Coldest placed of the state were Shivpuri and Damoh which recorded night temperature at 10 degree Celsius.
The night temperatures on Wednesday are likely to remain around 14 degree Celsius while the day temperature would be witnessed around 26 degree Celsius.Recent hailstorms have caused extensive damage to crops in 76 villages, spread over 4,000 hectare area, in Madhya Pradesh's Umaria district.
Collector SK Upadhyay today said hailstorms have damaged wheat, chickpea, mustard and other crops. Total damage was assessed to be around Rs 3 crore. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan distributed the amount of compensation to some farmers yesterday. Directives have been issued for providing adequate compensation to the affected peasants.