Bhopalites that rose to pleasant sunny morning on Tuesday were amazed to see the sudden U-turn of the weather at around noon as darkness suddenly set in along with rainfall and dip in the temperature.
Similar was the situation in other parts of Madhya Pradesh as well.Night like conditions were witnessed in the mid of the day in Bhopal and the people were forced to run for shelter due to heavy rains. The plight of the people was furthered with the power failure that lasted for over an hour making things worst. It rained in three to five spells from noon till late night. The rains associated with heavy winds were so heavy that they damaged several hoardings in different parts of the city.
The meteorological department said the cyclonic circulation over west parts of the state and adjoining southeast Rajasthan now lies over Rain brings gloom to MP’s sunny day east Madhya Pradesh and adjoining Chhattisgarh and extends up to 2.1 km above sea-level, which is likely to cause rainfall in eastern UP, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand extending up to West Bengal and Assam.
Since the system is moving north eastwards, western districts of the state are likely to receive more rainfall. The condition will prevail for another 48 hours with isolated rainfall in different parts of the state, cautioning that the removal of cloud cover would bring another cold spell. The met office said that the direction of wind is not in the line of its usual track, hence the cold wave is not dominant yet.
The maximum temperature recorded in the state capital on Tuesday was 23.7 degree Celsius while the minimum temperature was 15.6 degree Celsius. Rains and thunder showers with hailstorm is expected further in the night said met department. Rains are expected further on Wednesday with lightening and thunder in Bhopal. Rains were recorded at many places in the state on Tuesday including Indore that recorded 2.3 mm of rain while Hoshangabad recorded 2.1 mm rain. Meanwhile, reports of hoardings and trees uprooting are pouring in from many places of the state.