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Brace for showers in next 24 hours!

News Desk Climate 2022-07-21, 3:15pm

The weather department has predicted showers across Bangladesh in the next 24 hours.



 The weather department has predicted showers across Bangladesh in the next 24 hours.
“Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty winds is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Dhaka, Rajshahi, Khulna and Barishal divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at isolated places over the country,” the department said in its bulletin on Thursday morning.
Besides, a mild heat wave is sweeping through the districts of Rajshahi, Pabna and Naogaon and it may continue.
Day and night temperatures may remain nearly unchanged over the country.
The weather office recorded the highest rainfall at 94mm in Chattogram in 24 hours till 6am on Thursday.
The highest temperature was recorded at 37 degrees Celsius in Rajshahi, while the lowest temperature was recorded at 25 degrees in Rangamati and Feni.
The axis of monsoon trough runs through Rajasthan, Hariyana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal to Assam across central parts of Bangladesh.
One of its associated troughs extends up to the North Bay. Monsoon is fairly active over Bangladesh and moderate over the North Bay, as per the bulletin.