Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over eight divisions with heavy to very heavy falls at places over the country.
“Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions with heavy to very heavy falls at places over the country,” said a met office forecast for the next 24 hours begins from 9am Thursday.
The axis of the monsoon trough runs through Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal to Assam across the Northern part of Bangladesh. One of its associated troughs extends up to North Bay.
Monsoon is active over Bangladesh and moderate to strong over North Bay.
The country’s maximum temperature on Wednesday was recorded at 36.6 degrees Celsius at Chuadanga and the minimum temperature today was recorded at 24 degrees Celsius at Bandarband.
Maximum rainfall for the last twenty-four hours till 6am Thursday was recorded at 114 millimetres (mm) at Sylhet.
Day and night temperatures may fall by 1-2 degrees Celsius over the country.
The sun sets at 6:49pm Thursday and rises at 5:19am on Friday in the capital.
