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Weather office predicts fall in minimum temperature on January 15.“This would become a trend from January 16 onwards,” weatherman said on Monday. BHOPAL: Brace for another round of cold wave January 15 onwards. They were colder than the hill station of Pachmarhi where a minimum temperature of 6 degrees Celsius was recorded on the same day.Khajuraho which had been the coldest place in the state for more than a month with mercury varying between 1 degree to 2 degrees Celsius was recorded 6 degrees minimum temperature on Monday. And if the climatic conditions remain the same , the state may also witness thundery activities and hail at some places in later part of this week, the weatherman said.On Monday, the minimum temperature went down marginally from 10 degrees Celsius to 9.8 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature was 25 degrees Celsius “ The minimum temperature may go down further between 8.5 to 9.5 on January 15 while the afternoon temperature may be around 22 degrees Celsius ”, weather office said.The local office of the Indian Meteorological department (IMD) also issued a warning of “ shallow to moderate fog” at isolated places of Chhatarpur, Bhopal , Indore Ujjain, Gwalior and Datia districts.”The IMD attributes the change in climatic conditions to “ western disturbances” over Jammu and Kashmir.Meanwhile on Monday, Nowgaon and Datia with 5 degrees Celsius were the coldest places in the state where a minimum temperature of 5degrees Celsius was recorded..