Indore: After drizzle throughout the day, the clouds showered heavily in the evening as the city recorded a rainfall of 19.8 mm by 8:30pm.Many commuters riding on two-wheelers were stranded at various places due to heavy rain. Waterlogging was witnessed once again since the rains lashed the city at night. Water submerged some squares of the city and potholes became problematic for the drivers. Some areas also experienced power outage due to rainfall.“Rainfall came unexpectedly. I had not brought raincoat and had to wait till the rain subsided. The Vijay Nagar square was waterlogged,” Akash Mishra, a professional from the city said.The rainfall over the region has been caused due to system generating from the Bay of Bengal. Heavy rainfall is likely in some parts of Indore, Dewas, Ujjain, Dhar, Ratlam, Khandwa, Khargone, Barwani and Alirajpur districts, the western part of the state, said Met official.While the districts of Indore, Ujjain, Barwani, Khargone and Jhabua have received ‘normal’ rainfall (+19% to -19% of average) till now, the rainfall in the districts of Dewas, Dhar and Alirajpur is ‘deficient’ (-20% to -59%).The maximum temperature in Indore was also recorded two degrees below normal on Monday at 26.3 degree Celsius, whereas the minimum temperature was 22.5 degrees. The relative humidity in the morning was at 95% whereas at 5:30pm, it was 87%.The total rainfall in the city till 8:30pm has now increased to 494.4 mm. The total average rainfall till August 20 is 590mm, taking the rainfall deficit to 95mm.The patches of moderate to heavy rainfall are beneficial for the standing kharif crops whose quality was feared to have been deteriorated during the dry spell last week.

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