Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur in parts of the country, a Met Office release said on Wednesday.
“Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at most places over Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and at many places over Rangpur and Mymensingh divisions with heavy to very heavy falls at places over the country,” it said.
Day and night temperature may fall slightly across the country.
The low over North Bay and adjoining area now lies over the southwestern part of Bangladesh and adjoining area as a well-marked low. It is likely to move north-westwards.
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The axis of monsoon trough runs through Rajsthan, Hariyana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Gangetic West Bengal, the centre of the well-marked low to Assam. One of its associated troughs extends up to North Bay.
Monsoon is active over Bangladesh and strong over North Bay, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department release said.
The country’s maximum temperature on Tuesday was recorded at 35.5 degrees Celsius in Sylhet and the minimum temperature on Wednesday was 24 degrees Celsius jointly in Sandwip and Teknaf.
Maximum rainfall for the last 24 hours till 6:00am Wednesday was recorded at 328 millimetres in Teknaf.
The sun will set at 6:44pm Wednesday and rise at 5:27am Thursday in Dhaka.