Different patterns of weather are witnessed in Madhya Pradesh. At some places, there is a heat wave and at some places there is a period of storm and rain.
There is a heat wave alert in 12 districts including Bhind, Morena, Datia, Shivpuri on Thursday. According to the Meteorological Department, there are chances of thunder, lightning, rain and storm in 12 districts including Chhindwara, Seoni, Balaghat.
It has rained in 17 districts in the state during the last 24 hours. At the same time, strong winds also blew in 19 districts. The wind speed in Katni was 74 kilometers per hour. According to the Meteorological Department, Mauganj, Bhopal, Neemuch, Ujjain, Betul, Khandwa, Khargone, Dhar, Indore, Guna, Ashoknagar, Gwalior, Datia, Chhatarpur, Panna, Sagar, Mandsaur, Vidisha, Agar-Malwa, Damoh and In Barwani it rained heavily and at other places it rained lightly.
The mercury remained more than 42 degrees in Ratlam, Narsinghpur, Naugaon, Shivpuri, Khandwa, Khargone, Shajapur.
The temperature was recorded at 40.8 degrees in Bhopal-Indore, 42.7 degrees in Gwalior, 39.8 degrees in Jabalpur and 41.2 degrees in Ujjain.
The mercury remained between 40 to 42 degrees in Umaria, Mandla, Raisen, Satna, Khajuraho, Dhar, Damoh, Sagar and Sidhi.
There was a change in the weather after 4 pm on Wednesday evening, and it rained with thunderstorms.
IMD, Bhopal, said that due to cyclonic circulation system, moisture coming from the Bay of Bengal, changing wind direction and passing of trough line, such weather is there since Tuesday. It rained in many districts on May 7. At the same time, similar weather prevailed on 8th May. Heat wave will continue at some places for the next 4 days while at other places there will be rain, clouds and storm conditions.
Just 24 hours after the hottest time of the season, the weather conditions in the state softened.
Arera Hills Observatory recorded 1.3 mm rainfall till 5:30 pm. The effect of this was that the mercury dropped to 28.6 degrees at 5:30 pm. That means, within two hours the temperature dropped by 12.2 degrees. Tuesday was the hottest day of the season in Bhopal. The mercury was recorded at 42.4 degrees.
The weather center issued a 5-day forecast and said that intermittent rains will continue for now. There is a possibility of rain in Bhopal in the next 48 hours. There is a possibility of rain and thunderstorms in most parts of the state from May 9 to 12.
There were 17 lightning strikes in half an hour at 4 pm on Wednesday in Bhopal. This affected the power supply. Tripping occurred on 50 feeders. Jumpers got damaged at many places. Supply remained halted for 2 hours. One lakh population affected.
Temperature more than 40 degrees in 20 districts including Ujjain, Indore, Dhar, Ratlam, Gwalior.
Day temperature in Guna is 43.7 degrees. Hottest in the state. Rain also occurred in 25 districts including Indore, Rajgarh, Vidisha, Mandsaur, Neemuch.
