Rain likely to continue till end of month

Risingbd Desk: Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today predicted that rain may continue till the end of the month.

The ongoing rain owing to active monsoon over the country is likely to continue till the end of the current month, said Arif Hossain, a meteorologist at the BMD today.

The entire country has been witnessing heavy rainfall for the last two days while 228 mm rainfall was recorded in Cox’s Bazar and 60 mm in Dhaka in the last 24 hours till 6 am today, according to the BMD.

However, 24 mm rainfall was recorded in the capital city from 6 am to 12 noon today.

Arif said due to active monsoon there is chances of heavy to very heavy rainfall with gusty wind is likely to occur at places over Chattogram, Khulna, Barishal, Sylhet, Dhaka, Rajshahi, Mymensingh and Rangpur divisions during the next 24 hrs.

Due to very heavy rainfall landslides may occur at places over the hilly regions of Chattogram and Sylhet divisions, he added.

Besides, rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary South or South- Easterly gusty or squally wind speed 45-60 kph is likely to occur in the regions of Rajshahi, Rangpur, Pabna, Bogura, Tangail, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Faridpur, Jashore, Kushtia, Khulna, Barishal, Patuakhali, Noakhali, Cumilla, Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar and Sylhet in the next 24 hours till 6 pm today, a Met bulletin said.

River ports are advised to hoist cautionary signal number one.

The maximum temperature was recorded 33.6 degree celsius yesterday at Jashore in Khulna division while today’s minimum temperature 24.5 degrees celsius at Faridpur and Cox’s Bazar.

The sun sets at 6:45 pm today and rises at 5:25 am tomorrow in the capital._BSS


risingbd/Dhaka/July 25, 2018/Saif/AI