Sunny day ends on a wet note in city
The day temperature in Bhopal on Wednesday was recorded at 31.0 degrees Celsius, a degree less than the normal mark, while the night temperature in the city was 23.0 degrees Celsius, a degree less than the normal mark. Pachmarhi recorded 136 mm of rain in the past 24 hours till 8:30 am on Wednesday.
The meteorological dept stated there would be a generally cloudy sky with light to moderate rain with thunderstorms and lightning
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Day and night temperatures would be respectively 31 degrees Celsius and 24 degrees Celsius, while the average wind speed would be 20 kilometres per hour.
In the forecast for the state, the meteorological dept issued a warning of extremely heavy rainfall for Balaghat. A warning of very heavy rainfall, thunderstorms with lightning was issued for Satna, Dindori, Chhindwara, Seoni, Mandla, Panna, Pandhurna, Shivpuri, Datia, Bhind, and Morena districts.
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