Overview

• District alerts include very heavy rain for Neemuch and Mandsaur and heavy rain for about a dozen other districts such as Ujjain, Ratlam, Jhabua and Alirajpur.
• The active spell is linked to a monsoon trough across central India, offshore trough activity, multiple cyclonic circulations and an upper-level shear zone.
• Madhya Pradesh has logged a 23% seasonal rainfall surplus versus the Long Period Average as of August 22.
• Recent 24-hour totals included Badoda at 148 mm, Karhal at 98 mm, Jaora at 96 mm and Manasa at 93 mm, with Bhopal recording 28.2 mm.
• Thunderstorms with lightning and gusts up to 43 km/h have been reported, while daytime temperatures have cooled in several divisions.