BSS :
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur in several parts of the country, a met release said yesterday.
“Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna and Barishal divisions with moderately heavy falls at isolated places over the country,” it said.
Day temperature may rise slightly and night temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country.`
A low pressure area has formed over West Central Bay and adjoining North West Bay off North Andhra Pradesh-South Odisha coast. It is likely to move in a northwesterly direction. Trough of the low extends to North Bay.
The axis of monsoon trough runs through Punjab, Hariyana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal to Assam across central part of Bangladesh. Monsoon is less active over Bangladesh and weak to moderate over North Bay.
Country’s maximum temperature on Saturday was recorded 35.2 degrees Celsius at Tetulia and minimum temperature yesterday was jointly 24.8 degrees Celsius at Rangamati and Srimangal.
Maximum rainfall for the last 24 hours till 6:00am yesterday was recorded 66 millimeters (mm) at Tetulia.
Yesterday’s sunset at 6.50 PM and today’s sunrise at 5.19 AM at Dhaka.