Heavy showers lashed the city after three weeks, providing a huge relief from the hot and humid weather conditions prevailed for the past 20 days in the city.
Met official said that low pressure area over Bay of Bengal has induced the rainfall which is likely to maintain the pattern for the next 3-4 days. The trough line has descended which would induce rainfall across the State.
Warning of heavy rainfall has been issued for Hoshangabad divisions and Khargone, Burhanpur and Chhindwara districts in the next 24 hours.
The east MP region has received good amount of rainfall due to a system over south east Uttar Pradesh and the current system would induce good rainfall in the west MP and east MP regions. The movement of the system would induce heavy rainfall.
The city witnessed good rainfall in the last month on July 28 which was recorded at 9.4 mm. Earlier in the month good amount of rainfall on July 14 and July 19 were witnessed at 1 cm each.
After July 28 cloudy conditions were witnessed for the past 20 days but rainfall shied away from the city and same pattern has been witnessed in the State for the past three weeks.
In the next 24 hours Rewa, Shahdol, Indore, Bhopal, Sagar, Jabalpur and Katni districts are likely to receive good rainfall. Shahdol, Jabalpur and Sagar divisions have recorded rainfall in the past 24 hours.
Gadarwara, Nainpur, Anuppur, Orcha and Malajkhand recorded 3 cm of rainfall, Jabalpur, Narsinghpur, Tendukheda and Khajuraho recorded 2 cm of rainfall each in the past 24 hours.
Day temperatures were recorded around 30 degree Celsius on Friday and night temperatures were recorded around 22 degree Celsius.
Gwalior recorded day temperature at 35.8 degree Celsius and night temperature at 22.4 degree Celsius which were 3 degree Celsius above the normal temperature.