Different places in Madhya Pradesh would witness harsh weather conditions for the next 7-8 days and respite would be received only after the arrival of the monsoon, Met officials said here on Monday.
City witnessed light showers for brief period at few places which were not good enough to provide relief from the harsh weather conditions.
Intense hot conditions would be witnessed in the next 24 hours as warning of severe heat wave conditions has been issued by Met department.
The regions which are likely to receive severe heat wave conditions are Chambal division and Dhar, Ratlam and Shajapur districts while heat wave conditions are likely to be witnessed in Gwalior, Sagar, Ujjain and Indore divisions and Bhopal, Rajgarh, Hoshangabad, Betul, Rewa, Satna and Chindwara districts.
Shajapur and Sheopur recorded the highest day temperature at 47 degree celsius on Sunday and on Monday the highest day temperature was recorded at 46 degrees celsius in Shajapur.
Temperatures witnessed slight decrease on Monday. The city witnessed day temperature at 43.3 degrees celsius which was recorded at 44 degrees celsius.
Except Jabalpur which recorded day temperature at 41.6 degrees celsius day temperature among the major cities was recorded around 44 degrees celsius.
Gwalior recorded the highest day temperature among the major cities at 44.4 degrees celsius.
Indore recorded
day temperature at 44 degrees celsius.
After the monsoon hits Kerala coast further movements could be predicted. It is likely that the monsoon would hit Kerala coast in the next two days.
If the conditions remain favourable the monsoon which has been delayed from the normal monsoon arrival time would hit the state with the delay.
The possible dates of the arrival could not be provided as the monsoon is yet to arrive in the country.
Moisture incursion is not adequate enough to induce rainfall due to which the city witnesses thundery activities and dust storms but fail to induce rainfall.