Unseasonal rains and thunderstorms continue in Madhya Pradesh. It rained in Bhind, Barwani, Umaria and Naugaon on Sunday. It was cloudy in the morning in Sendhwa of Barwani. There was a strong dust storm followed by rain.
Meteorologist told that Western Disturbance is active in the state. Due to this, there has been a situation of rain and hailstorm for the last two days. This trend will continue for the next two days. Its effect will be seen in many parts of the state. The weather has also changed due to the cyclone-trough line.
It started raining heavily in the Bhind district on Sunday afternoon and continued for about one and a half hours. People got relief from the scorching heat due to strong wind and rain.
At the same time, the weather pattern changed on Sunday in the surrounding rural areas including Sendhwa town of Barwani. It was cloudy since morning. After 11 in the morning, suddenly there was strong dusty wind and thunderstorm. After some time it started raining.
It rained in Umaria and Nowgong of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, 9 mm of rain was recorded in Umaria and 7 mm in Nowgong . The effect of heat was also more in these places. The mercury reached 42.3 degree celsius in Umaria, while it was 40 degree celsius in Nowgong. Apart from this, the temperature in Damoh, Sidhi, Narmadapuram, Jabalpur, Khajuraho, Mandla, Narsinghpur, Rewa, Satna was also recorded above 40 degree celsius.
The current Western Disturbance will remain active in the state till June 5. Meteorologists have forecast rain-thunderstorms to continue in the second week of June as well. Monsoon will enter the state only on or after June 20.
The mercury crossed 40 degree celsius in 15 districts including Bhopal. Khajuraho recorded day at 42.5 degree celsius which was the hottest in the state. Due to cloud cover and drizzle in the afternoon in the capital, the mercury fell by 5.4 degrees in just 2 hours.
On Saturday, it rained with strong winds in many areas of the state including Bhopal, Indore.
It rained in Sagar, Neemuch, Betul, Raisen, Ujjain, Narmadapuram, Sehore, Ashoknagar, Mandla, Shahdol, Balaghat, Chhindwara, Mandsaur, Vidisha, Raisen. The weather changed in Bhopal after noon, but before that there was an effect of heat and the mercury reached 40.4 degree celsius.
Southwest Monsoon is likely to reach Kerala around June 9, dry weather is expected in Madhya Pradesh till June 10.
Hailstorm, thunderstorm, gusty wind, lightning are very likely over Madhya Pradesh during next 24 hours. The maximum temperature is very likely to increase by 2-3 degree celsius during the next 2 days with no significant change thereafter.
A Western Disturbance in the form of a cyclonic circulation in the mid-tropospheric westerly winds is prevailing over Iran & neighborhood and the weather system is very likely to affect the western Himalayan region from the night of 5 June.
A cyclonic circulation is very likely to develop over the Southeast Arabian Sea around June 5. Under its influence, a low pressure area is likely to form over the same region during next 48 hours.