light showers were witnessed at a few places in the city providing relief from the scorching heat which prevailed throughout the day. The outskirts of the city received 0.2 mm of rainfall and were lashed by winds of 35-40 km/hr. The Met department said that thundery activities would be witnessed during the day and in the evening hours which might continue till the night.
Met department officials said that Ashoba cyclone would hit Oman in the next couple of days during which speedy winds of around 100 km/hr would be witnessed. The moisture received by the State has stopped but strong systems over the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal are forming and intense heat in northern part of the State would help in the arrival of the monsoon.
Based on these developments it is predicted that the monsoon would hit the city around June 16-18 while the whole State would be covered by June 22-24. Day temperatures dipped across the State on Wednesday. The highest day temperatures were witnessed around 47 degree Celsius. Dense cloud cover made the weather soothing in the evening but rainfall was not witnessed in the city. Day temperature of city dipped below 40 degree Celsius providing relief. The city recorded day temperature at 39.9 degree Celsius and the night temperature was recorded at 28.5 degree Celsius.
The night temperature dipped by few notches on Wednesday due to the winds which have been witnessed for the past three days in the city. Indore which recorded day temperature at around 36 degree Celsius on Tuesday recorded 37.5 degree Celsius on Wednesday. The night temperature was witnessed at 25 degree Celsius.
Speedy winds were witnessed in the morning on Wednesday but were not able to provide relief from the hot weather conditions. Indore, Hoshangabad, Jabalpur and Chambal divisions would witness thundery activities and duststorms while the other divisions would witness dry weather conditions and duststorms. Hot wave conditions would be witnessed in the Rewa, Sagar and Shahdol divisions and Shivpuri region.