The billow of black clouds hovering in the sky turned the evening dark and it rained heavily with thunders in some areas of Bhopal on Monday evening. Pre-monsoon showers continued in Madhya Pradesh.

In the afternoon, it rained with strong winds in Chhindwara, Ratlam, Betul, Ujjain and Gwalior districts. Notably, for the last two days, it has rained in many districts of Malwa-Nimar region, including Indore and Ujjain.

Monsoon may arrive in Madhya Pradesh after three days. According to Meteorologist P K Saha, the temperature lowered due to cloud cover on Monday, and it also formed a local system in some cities including Indore, Ujjain, Narmadapuram that received rainfall till Monday evening. In the next 24 hours, there may be heavy rain in many cities of the State.

Last year, the entry of monsoon took place simultaneously from both the branches of Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal. This time the Bay of Bengal branch was not very active. Pre-monsoon activity is more intense in Khandwa and Malwa-Nimar regions due to the Arabian Sea branch being active. So it’s raining well there.

Most rains in Malwa-Nimar: Most of the Malwa-Nimar region was soaked by the pre-monsoon rain. In Sendhwa of Barwani, water fell up to three-and-a-half inches. A day earlier, Khandwa had received three-and-a-half inches of rain. It rained in Chachariya Pati of Barwani and Tarana and Vedhashala in Ujjain, Mahidpur by 2 inches, Jobat in Alirajpur by one and a half inches, Meghnagar and Pachmarhi in Jhabua by 1-1 inches. It rained in Ratlam, Dewas, Betul, Khargone, Indore, Burhanpur, Vidisha, Bairagarh, Chhindwara, Seoni, Shahdol, Damoh, Sagar and in Bhopal.