Rain brought respite to Dhaka city dwellers after a heavy downpour drenched parts of the capital on Friday afternoon. Ten millimetres of rainfall were recorded in six hours till 1:00 pm on Friday, according to BMD’s special bulletin.
Meanwhile, the BMD (Bangladesh Meteorology Department) predicted light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at different parts of the country.
According to the Met office bulletin, light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Barishal and Chattogram divisions; and at many places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Khulna and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi and Dhaka divisions with moderately heavy to very heavy falls at places over the country.
Day temperature may rise slightly and night temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country.
The monsoon Depression over North Chhattisgarh & adjoining area moved West-northwestwards, weakened into a Well-marked low over North Chhattisgarh & adjoining Northeast Madhya Pradesh-Southeast Uttar Pradesh.
It is likely to move West-northwestwards and weaken further. The axis of monsoon trough runs through Punjab, Haryana,Centre of the Well-marked low, Bihar, West Bengal to Assam across central part of Bangladesh.
One of its associated troughs extends up to North Bay. Monsoon is fairly active over Bangladesh and moderate to strong over North Bay.
Meanwhile, the maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla, and Payra have been advised to keep hoisting local cautionary signal-3.
BMD advised all fishing boats and trawlers in the North Bay to remain close to the coast and proceed with caution until further notice.
According to the bulletin, daytime temperatures may rise slightly and nighttime temperatures may remain nearly unchanged across the country.
Country’s maximum temperature on Thursday was recorded by 34.2 degree celsius at Dimla while the lowest temperature on Friday was recorded by 24.7 degree celsius at Bandarban.
Country’s highest rainfall for the last twenty-four hours till 6:00am on Friday was recorded by 99 millimeters (mm) at Feni.
The sun sets at 06.40pm on Friday and rises at 05.29am today (Saturday) in the capital Dhaka.
