Gusty Winds, cloud cover & isolated showers turn city cool

Indore: Indoreans woke up to a cool Friday morning after late-night gusty winds and isolated showers. Weather was turning variable through the day. While afternoon and evening saw strong gusts sweeping across parts of the city, partially cloudy conditions prevailed by evening, offering brief respite from the heat.Though the day began on a warm note, intermittent clouds overshadowed the sun at intervals, offering short-lived relief from rising temperature.The city recorded a minimum temperature of 20.8 degrees Celsius, one degree above normal and around two degrees below Thursday's night temperature.The maximum settled at 35.8 degrees Celsius, slightly below average. During morning hours, the temperature was recorded at 24 degrees Celsius with relative humidity at 61 percent and light westerly winds. By afternoon, wind speed increased significantly, with gusts reaching up to 48 kmph, contributing to a noticeable change in conditions. Humidity levels dropped to 36 percent later in the day, accompanied by west-southwesterly winds.Met department has forecast light rain, thunderstorms and isolated hail activity in parts of Indore and adjoining districts. A gradual fall of two to three degrees in maximum temperature is expected over the next two days.Across Madhya Pradesh, weather activity remained widespread over the past 24 hours. Thunderstorms and rainfall were reported in most districts of Indore, Ujjain, Bhopal, Narmadapuram, Gwalior and Sagar divisions. Hailstorms were recorded in several locations, including Dhar, Dewas, Ujjain and Betul.Meteorologists attribute the changing weather to multiple active systems, including a western disturbance over Afghanistan and Pakistan, coupled with cyclonic circulations and troughs extending across northern and central India. The influence of a strong subtropical westerly jet stream is also contributing to the instability.Officials indicated that such fluctuating conditions may persist, with another western disturbance likely to impact north-west India from April 7, potentially sustaining the current weather pattern.