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Light to moderate rain likely at few places over country

BSS . Dhaka
20 Aug 2023 13:18:03 | Update: 20 Aug 2023 20:28:48
Light to moderate rain likely at few places over country
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Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over the country and at one or two places over parts of the country with moderately heavy falls at places over the country.

"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 places over the country", said a met office forecast for the next 24 hours begins from 9am on Sunday.

Day and night temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country, it said.

The low-pressure area over Jharkhand & adjoining North Odisha moved west-northwestwards and merged with the monsoon axis. The axis of the monsoon trough runs through Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal to Assam across the southern part of Bangladesh. One of its associated troughs extends up to North Bay.

Monsoon is less active over Bangladesh and weak to moderate over North Bay.

The country's maximum temperature on Saturday was recorded at 36.2 degrees Celsius at Ishurdi and the minimum temperature today was recorded at 25.2 degrees Celsius at Rangamati.

Country's maximum rainfall for the last twenty-four hours till 6am today was recorded by 21 millimetres (mm) at Faridpur.

The sun will set in Dhaka at 06:28pm on Sunday while the sun will rise at 05:35am on Monday.

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