Bhopal. On Thursday, it rained with strong thunderstorms in many districts including Bhopal. There is a possibility of damage to crops due to hailstorm in some districts. Hail fell in parts of Bhopal, Raisen and Sehore. In more than a dozen districts, there has been a rapid drop in temperature due to rains accompanied by thunderstorms. According to the Meteorological Center, the rain will increase further on Friday.
Where the rain, the hail fell:
Some parts of Bhopal, Gwalior, Raisen, Sagar, Damoh, Vidisha, Ganjbasoda, Neecham, Mandsaur, Ujjain and Indore, somewhere in the districts of Guna, Ashoknagar, Shajapur, Narmadapuram, Sehore, Harda, Chhindwara, Bhind, Morena etc. Rain showers have been recorded. On the other hand, in some parts of Bhopal, Raisen, Garatganj, Vidisha districts as well as in the zonal area of Sagar, pea-sized hailstones have been reported to fall for two to five minutes. Due to the rain, maximum fall of 6 degrees in day’s mercury was in Umaria. In Betul, Gwalior and Satna, mercury dropped by 3 to 4 degrees in 5 and half a dozen districts. There was an increase of 3 degrees in the night’s mercury in Bhopal. The mercury crossed 21 degrees, which is 4 degrees above normal.
What next, and why?
According to meteorologist AK Shukla, the system is still active, but less moisture was being received from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. Due to this, the rain could not catch much force. Since Thursday, due to a slight change in the wind direction, the amount of moisture has started increasing. Due to this, there will be an increase in rain for the next two days. In many places, heavy rain and hail will fall along with the storm. Right now the system is in place near Ganjbasoda. Due to this, there will be more rain in the adjoining areas. There will be an increase in thunderstorms in Bhopal as well.
Now it will rain till March 22:
According to Mr. Shukla, this system is still active, which will continue for two more days. Then it will go ahead, but another WD will come on March 19, which will again bring rain for three to four days. Due to this, the duration of rain will increase.
