BSS
  05 Oct 2021, 12:35

Met office forecasts rain over country

  DHAKA, Oct 5, 2021 (BSS) - Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today

predicted light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary
gusty wind in different parts of the country.

  Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty
wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur division, at a few places
over Dhaka, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over
Rajshahi, Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions, a met release said.

  Moderately heavy to heavy falls may occur at some isolated places over
northern part of the country, it added.


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

  The low over West Bengal and adjoining northwestern part of Bangladesh has
become unimportant.

   The axis of monsoon trough runs through Rajsthan, Hariyana, Uttar Pradesh,
Bihar, West Bengal to Assam across northern part of Bangladesh. One of its
associated troughs extends up to North Bay.

  Monsoon is fairly active over Bangladesh and weak to moderate over North
Bay, the release said.

  Country's maximum temperature on Monday was recorded 34.4 degrees Celsius
at Jashore and minimum temperature today was 23.2 degrees Celsius at Tangail.

  Maximum rainfall for the last 24 hours till 6:00am today was recorded 121
millimeters (mm) at Tangail.

  Today's sunset at 5.42 PM and tomorrow's sunrise at 5.52 AM at Dhaka.