KOLKATA: A surprising spell of afternoon rains brought reduction in boiling Kolkata and parts of south Bengal region on Wednesday however the monsoon will most effective progress within the next two to three days, a Met reliable mentioned right here.
"This was a local thunderstorm resulting from the scorching heat and the moisture present, very similar to pre-monsoon rains. This has no relation with monsoon... We feel it is likely that monsoon progress will re-start after Friday," mentioned A.Okay. Sen, a scientist of the Regional Meteorological Centre, Kolkata.
He also mentioned Wednesday's rainfall passed off in isolated places of Kolkata, North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas and also in Midnapore district.
"Overall prediction of monsoon looks promising as India will get almost 97 per cent rainfall and the eastern region may get 95 per cent in a four-month period of monsoon," added Sen.
The temperature shot up to 40 degrees Celsius, inconveniencing the ones on the roads and even those who preferred to remain indoors because of the high humidity over the past few days. The warmth wave has claimed at least four lives within the state.
The rain brought transient reduction and would also carry down the temperature steadily.
According to the Met division, the utmost recorded temperature has reached round 39.6 degrees Celsius which is sort of 7 degrees above commonplace. The minimum temperature was round 29.6 degrees, 4 degrees above commonplace.
The relative humidity recorded within the remaining 24 hours was 64 in line with cent within the morning and 73 in line with cent on Tuesday evening, causing immense issues.
Heavy rains (7-11 cm) with lightning are most probably at one or two places over Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Coochbehar, Kalimpong, Alipurduar, Malda, North and South Dinajpur districts of Sub Himalayan West Bengal on Friday, the weatherman mentioned.
"This was a local thunderstorm resulting from the scorching heat and the moisture present, very similar to pre-monsoon rains. This has no relation with monsoon... We feel it is likely that monsoon progress will re-start after Friday," mentioned A.Okay. Sen, a scientist of the Regional Meteorological Centre, Kolkata.
He also mentioned Wednesday's rainfall passed off in isolated places of Kolkata, North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas and also in Midnapore district.
"Overall prediction of monsoon looks promising as India will get almost 97 per cent rainfall and the eastern region may get 95 per cent in a four-month period of monsoon," added Sen.
The temperature shot up to 40 degrees Celsius, inconveniencing the ones on the roads and even those who preferred to remain indoors because of the high humidity over the past few days. The warmth wave has claimed at least four lives within the state.
The rain brought transient reduction and would also carry down the temperature steadily.
According to the Met division, the utmost recorded temperature has reached round 39.6 degrees Celsius which is sort of 7 degrees above commonplace. The minimum temperature was round 29.6 degrees, 4 degrees above commonplace.
The relative humidity recorded within the remaining 24 hours was 64 in line with cent within the morning and 73 in line with cent on Tuesday evening, causing immense issues.
Heavy rains (7-11 cm) with lightning are most probably at one or two places over Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Coochbehar, Kalimpong, Alipurduar, Malda, North and South Dinajpur districts of Sub Himalayan West Bengal on Friday, the weatherman mentioned.
Sudden rain brings brief respite to Kolkata
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