KOLKATA: A thundershower brushed past Kolkata on Tuesday afternoon, leaving the northern a part of the town sopping wet however the southern in part dry. While spaces like Manicktala, Shyambazar and Dum Dum gained a heavy bathe, ir drizzled at Ballygunge, Southern Avenue and Tollygunge. Since the thunderclouds had been headed towards North 24 Parganas, the northern a part of the town gained more showers, defined weathermen.
Enjoying rain in Salt Lake
Even as dark clouds hung low over all the city, they ultimately sailed northward, triggering heavier precipitation in the northern parts of Kolkata. Hence, Ultadanga gained around 25mm but Ballygunge gained simply 9.4mm. A weather scientists defined that local cells had been more energetic towards the northern end of the town, which made the thunderclouds more potent. “While the circulation had caused the thunderstorm, the cells generated in the neighbouring districts had been more energetic in the north. Local clouds aid thunderstorms and lead them to more potent. This is what took place on Tuesday,” he stated.
East and West Midnapore, Bankura, Purulia and North 24 Parganas had been also lashed by means of thunderstorms with wind pace of 40-50km an hour.
For 45 minutes after 5pm, operations at Kolkata airport was suspended because of heavy rain. Sixteen arrivals and 17 departures had been not on time. Among the flights held up was CM Mamata Banerjee’s flight to Bangalore that was scheduled to take off at 5.10pm but left at 5.57pm.
There could be more rain on Wednesday, consistent with the Regional Meteorological Centre. “A cyclonic circulation over Bihar and a trough line throughout south Bengal caused the rain. They stay energetic and may lead to every other thunderstorm on Wednesday,” stated Sanjib Bandyopadhyay, deputy director-general of meteorology.
Enjoying rain in Salt Lake
Even as dark clouds hung low over all the city, they ultimately sailed northward, triggering heavier precipitation in the northern parts of Kolkata. Hence, Ultadanga gained around 25mm but Ballygunge gained simply 9.4mm. A weather scientists defined that local cells had been more energetic towards the northern end of the town, which made the thunderclouds more potent. “While the circulation had caused the thunderstorm, the cells generated in the neighbouring districts had been more energetic in the north. Local clouds aid thunderstorms and lead them to more potent. This is what took place on Tuesday,” he stated.
East and West Midnapore, Bankura, Purulia and North 24 Parganas had been also lashed by means of thunderstorms with wind pace of 40-50km an hour.
For 45 minutes after 5pm, operations at Kolkata airport was suspended because of heavy rain. Sixteen arrivals and 17 departures had been not on time. Among the flights held up was CM Mamata Banerjee’s flight to Bangalore that was scheduled to take off at 5.10pm but left at 5.57pm.
There could be more rain on Wednesday, consistent with the Regional Meteorological Centre. “A cyclonic circulation over Bihar and a trough line throughout south Bengal caused the rain. They stay energetic and may lead to every other thunderstorm on Wednesday,” stated Sanjib Bandyopadhyay, deputy director-general of meteorology.
North gets downpour but it drizzles down south
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