Monsoon in the door !! More Rains To Lash Kolkata As Monsoon Knocks The Door

Kolkata is likely to continue with its rainy affair for the next few days as well. Weather conditions remain conducive for the prolonged spell of rains as Monsoon is just round the corner.

The Southwest Monsoon has already covered some parts of West Bengal and is likely to cover remaining parts of the state including Kolkata in the span of 3-4 days.

After recording rains for past two consecutive days, Kolkata remained dry on Tuesday. However, a cyclonic circulation is now seen over Bihar and adjoining Jharkhand. A trough is also extending from the system up to North Bay of Bengal across Gangetic west Bengal.

The system is likely to trigger light to moderate rain and thundershowers over the capital city during the next 24-48 hours. Few isolated spell may also occur. Not only this, another Monsoon system is brewing in east-central Bay of Bengal that will further enhance the rain activity over Kolkata during the coming days.

So far in June, the city has already recorded 115 mm of rain as compared to its monthly average rainfall of 283.5 mm.

In wake of the rainy spell, day temperatures have taken a significant dip, paving way for pleasant weather conditions. However, humidity may cause little discomfort. On Tuesday, Kolkata recorded day maximum at 30°C that was four degrees below normal.

While, night temperatures are settling near normal on account of high levels of humidity. Minimum temperature recorded on Wednesday morning was just one notch below normal and settled at 26.3°C.

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Wednesday, June 15, 2016