Alittle relief was provided after chilling cold winds halted on Thursday and day temperatures increased to comforting levels in the state capital; state would continue to witness severe cold conditions with the advent of new year.
Bhopal recorded day temperature at 24.4 degree Celsius despite of cloud cover veiling sun during the day while night temperature remained just below 10 degree Celsius. The morning hours were dark with cloud cover and chilling cold and in the afternoon moderate temperature provided relief from intense cold conditions.
The intense cold day conditions were witnessed at Tikamgarh, Bhopal, Indore, Dhar, Ujjain and Rajgarh districts while cold day conditions were witnessed at Chhatarpur, Sagar, Damoh, Guna, Khandwa, Khargone, Ratlam and Shajapur.
Cold wave conditions and foggy conditions were witnessed at Dhar, Gwalior and Datia. Shahdol division witnessed significant decrease in night temperatures. The lowest night temperature was recorded at 3 degree Celsius in Datia.
Weather conditions would turn more intense as moderate to dense fog is likely to be witnessed in few regions of the state.
The severe cold conditions would continue to remain harsher. The Met department issued warning of cold day condition in Chambal divisions and Rajgarh, Dhar, Gwalior, Datia, Tikamgarh, Ujjain, Shajapur and Shivpuri districts. Warning of cold wave conditions has been issued for Dhar, Gwalior and Datia districts.
Apart from cold day and wave conditions Met department has issued warning of dense fog for Gwalior and Chambal divisions while shallow to moderate fog would be witnessed in Jabalpur, Balaghat, Tikamgarh and Chattarpur.