The State capital on Monday received heavy rainfall and thundershowers providing relief from the warm weather conditions prevailing in the city due to a little break of rainfall in the last 2-3 days.
The incessant heavy rains continued for around 2 hours and drenched the city. Cloud cover was witnessed since the morning, but the density increased in the afternoon and they poured heavily in the evening. The city received 4 cm of rainfall due to which the day temperature was recorded 4 degree Celsius below the normal temperature.
Heavy rainfall would be witnessed in the next 24-48 hours in Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur and Ujjain divisions, warned the Met officials. The favourable system is conducive to good rainfall and the timely entry of the monsoon has seen. With 7-8 days left in the June month the state has received the complete quota of normal rains of the June month, told the Met department officials.
The low pressure areas over Bay of Bengal are favourable for good rainfall. The system formed over Orissa is expected to move over Chhattisgarh and will reach Madhya Pradesh in the next 48 hours which will bring heavy rains, the Met officials said.
Jabalpur received 3 cm of rainfall, Umaria received 1 cm of rainfall and Khajuraho received 1 cm of rainfall. Among the major cities the rainfall in Indore was negligible but it recorded the minimum day temperature at 28.5 degree Celsius.