With fading away of rainfall, hail storm, frost and thundery activities, clear weather conditions with cold conditions have been witnessed with the advent of the New Year in the State.
State Capital witnessed cold day conditions and recorded day temperature and night at 17 and 7.2 degree Celsius respectively.
The lowest night temperature was recorded at 4 degree Celsius in Shivpuri. State is less likely to witness intense cold day and cold wave conditions. This has been issued by Met department.
Warning of shallow to moderate fog has been issued for Rewa, Shahdol and Jabalpur divisions while warning of dense fog has been issued for Gwalior, Chambal,Sagar, Bhopal and Ujjain. Gwalior , Chambal, Sagar, Rewa,Ujjain, Bhopal, Jabalpur divisions witnessed moderate fog in the past 24 past hours. Betul, Bhopal, Rajgarh,Shahdol and Indore districts witnessed cold day conditions in the past 24 hours.
The night temperatures have witnessed increase in the past 3-4 days but few regions are still witnessing significant decrease in night temperatures. In the past 24 hours Rewa, Hoshangabad, Jabalpur, Bhopal and Indore divisions witnessed significant dip in night temperatures.
A new Western Disturbance is seen moving towards North India, which will start affecting the hill states of north India and a cyclonic circulation is seen over Madhya Pradesh and adjacent areas. A circulation is active over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and adjoining northern Bangladesh. A trough is extending from Tamil Nadu to south central Maharashtra, said Met official.