Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: As the post-monsoon season transitions into erratic weather patterns, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Bhopal and Raipur centres have issued urgent advisories for Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Chhattisgarh, attributing intensified rainfall and thunderstorms to a potent mix of a lingering depression, trough, cyclonic circulation, and the advancing Cyclonic Storm ‘Montha’ in the Bay of Bengal. According to the forecast of both the centres, “Montha’s indirect effects – coupled with a depression over east MP and a trough from Jharkhand – triggered widespread downpours on October 28, drenching seven districts including Sheopur and Morena. No precipitation touched urban hubs like Bhopal and Indore, but rural belts bore the brunt.”
In the last 24 hours, rainfall lashed most places in Ujjain, Gwalior, Chambal, and Rewa divisions; at many spots in Indore and Sagar; a few in Bhopal and Shahdol; and isolated in Narmadapuram and Jabalpur, while others stayed dry. Heavy rain, thunderstorms, and lightning are likely to occur at isolated places in Mandsaur, Neemuch, Guna, Ashoknagar, Shivpuri, Gwalior, Datia, Bhind, Morena, Sheopur, Seoni, Mandla and Balaghat. Thunderstorms and lightning are likely to occur at isolated places in Vidisha, Rajgarh, Ratlam, Agar, Anuppur, Dindori, Chhindwara, and Pandhurna.
Rain and drizzle with thunder have been predicted at few places in Bhopal, Vidisha, Raisen, Sehore, Rajgarh, Narmadapuram, Betul, Harda, Burhanpur, Khandwa, Khargone, Indore, Ujjain, Dewas, Shajapur, Agar, Guna, Ashoknagar, Singrauli, Sidhi, Rewa, Mauganj, Satna, Shahdol, Umaria, Katni, Jabalpur, Narsinghpur, Panna, Damoh, Sagar, Chhatarpur, Tikamgarh, Niwari, Maihar; at many in Barwani, Alirajpur, Jhabua, Dhar, Ratlam, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Shivpuri, Gwalior, Datia, Bhind, Morena, Sheopur, Anuppur, Dindori, Chhindwara, Seoni, Mandla, Balaghat, Pandhurna districts.
