Unseasonable heavy rain on Wednesday night and early Thursday morning disrupted normal life across the State and there is still more weather disturbances on the cards according to the Met officials.
The State capital received the highest amount of rainfall in the city on Wednesday night among the major cities. The rainfall which started late night on Wednesday continued till Thursday morning and a total of 2.56 cm of rainfall was recorded. Strong winds with a speed of 15 km/hour were recorded across the State that is usually recorded at around 12-13 km/ hour. Water-logging was witnessed on Thursday morning in several areas of the city. Weathermen suggested that Bhopal is likely to witness cloud cover and few spells of intermittent light showers in the next 24-48 hours. The night temperature would remain around 13 degree Celsius while the day temperature would remain around 21 degree Celsius.
On Wednesday at around 12.30 am, the minimum temperature dipped around 11 degree Celsius. The city recorded a sharp decline in the day temperature and recorded day temperature at 20.1 degree Celsius which was 5 degree Celsius below the normal temperature. The temperature would witness dip in the temperatures but sharp change in the temperatures are not likely to occur.
According to the Met officials, an active system over Rajasthan and Gujarat is inducing rain in the State and good amount of humidity received from Rajasthan is also helping in the rain across the State. The system is active but has weakened and the effect would be seen for the next 24 hours only. Shivpuri and Ratlam recorded the lowest night temperature at 9 degree Celsius.
Apart from being the coldest place in the State in the past 24 hours Shivpuri also received the highest amount of rainfall in the State at 5 cm of rainfall, Raisen received 4 cm of rainfall, Bhopal and Tikamgarh received 3 cm of rainfall. Indore received 1.9 cm of rainfall, Guna received 1.6 cm of rainfall, Gwalior received 1.3 cm of rainfall and Khajuraho received 9.2 mm of rainfall.
In the past 24 hours, Gwalior witnessed the coldest day of the season and recorded day temperature around 16 degree Celsius.