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Heavy downpour leads to waterlogging, traffic woes

Bhopal: After playing hide-and-seek with the sun in the morning hours, dark clouds returned in the afternoon with heavy rain. Showers drenched parts of the city from late afternoon to early evening on Friday.

Showers were witnessed in other parts of the state, too.

Officials of meteorological department, Bhopal circle said, there are two systems impacting the state.

The trough moving from Punjab, east Bihar, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and a cyclonic circulation over western UP, but showers in Bhopal in the day was due to activation of local system after heating in the day.

Day temperature in Bhopal on Friday was recorded at 34.2 degrees Celsius — at the normal mark, and the night temperature in city was recorded at 26.0 degrees Celsius — two degrees more than the normal mark.

Wind direction in city was southwesterly and average wind speed was 12 kmph.

The day temperature in Bhopal on Thursday was recorded at 34.3 degrees Celsius, which was at the normal mark, while night temperature in city was recorded at 24.9 degrees Celsius, a degree more than the normal mark.

Bhopal city recorded 50mm showers from afternoon to early evening hours. Other places that recorded showers between 8.30am and 5.30pm in the day were Naogaon (53mm), Dhar (41mm), Mandla (14mm), Guna (7mm), Satna (26mm), Rewa (11mm), Khajuraho (1.6mm), Jabalpur (7.3mm), Damoh (7mm), Hoshangabad (0.8mm), Betul (3.0mm), Umaria (2mm) and Sagar (0.4mm).

In the forecast for Bhopal on Saturday, the meteorological department’s officials said that there would be cloudy sky in the city and parts of the state capital may witness thunder.

Day and night temperature would be at 35 degrees and 26 degrees Celsius respectively, while the average wind speed will be 16 kmph

In the forecast for state, the meteorological officials issued warning of heavy showers for places including Hoshangabad, Betul, Harda, Agar, Shajapur, Khandwa, Vidisha, Ashok Nagar, Umaria, Dindori, Mandla, Damoh and Sagar districts. There was warning of thunder and lightning in Bhopal, Jabalpur, Hoshangabad divisions and Sagar, Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur, Damoh, Ujjain, Dewas, Shajapur, Khandwa and Ashok Nagar districts.

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