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Met office forecasts rain in all 8 divisions

BSS . Dhaka
26 Aug 2023 17:45:54 | Update: 26 Aug 2023 18:39:28
Met office forecasts rain in all 8 divisions
Two women dancing in a heavy sheet of rain at TSC — Shamsul Haque Ripon

The Bangladesh Meteorology Department (BMD) on Saturday forecasted light to moderate rain or thundershowers along with temporary gusty wind in all eight divisions of the country in the next 24 hours commencing 9am (August 26).

"Light to moderate rain or thundershowers along with temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to very heavy falls at places over the country in next 24 hours till 9am tomorrow," it said.

Monsoon is active over Bangladesh and moderate over North Bay, it added.

However, the bulletin predicted that the day and night temperatures may remain nearly unchanged over the country.

The country's maximum temperature on Friday was recorded at 33.0 degrees Celsius at Sitakunda, while today's minimum temperature was 23.4 degrees Celsius at Kutubdia.

The highest rainfall in the last 24 hours till 6am Saturday was recorded at 144mm at Bandarban.

The sun sets at 6:23pm and rises at 5:38am on Sunday in the capital.

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