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Forecast: Nor'wester May Hit Bengal, Mercury To Remain Low

Kolkata: Temperature in the city may continue to be on the lower side for the next three days as the districts in North and South Bengal will be lashed by fresh rainfall, accompanied by thunderstorm, lightning, and gusty winds in a few districts, as predicted by the Alipore Meteorological department.

“Due to cyclonic circulations in Bangladesh and other adjoining areas, the districts of North and South Bengal, including Kolkata, may receive light to heavy rainfall from Monday to Wednesday, accompanied by thunderstorms. The maximum and minimum temperature in the city will be around 28 and 18 degree Celsius respectively,” said an official of the Alipore Meteorological department.

An alert has been sounded for the districts of Gangetic Bengal as several districts may witness thunderstorm, accompanied by lightning and gusty winds on Monday. Whereas several districts of South Bengal may witness the Nor’Wester (Kalbaisakhi) rain on Tuesday, along with thunderstorms and gusty winds,” he further said.

Moderate spells of rain and thundershower activities with strong winds of 30-50 kmph will affect Alipurduar, Bankura, Bardhaman, Birbhum, Dakshin Dinajpur, Darjeeling, Haora, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Kolkata, Malda, Murshidabad, Nadia, North Twenty-Four Parganas, Paschim Midnapur, Purba Medinipur, Puruliya, South Twenty-Four Parganas and Uttar Dinajpur during the next 24 hours.

In the wake of these weather systems, during the next 24 hours, rain and thundershowers accompanied with lightning strike, gusty winds and isolated hailstorm activity will occur in many parts of West Bengal.

During the rainy period, we also expect drop in day temperatures particularly over parts of Gangetic West Bengal. But again, from March 7, temperatures will start increasing.

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