Light to Moderate Rain Likely Over Country

The met office today predicted light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over the country, reports BSS.

"Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Barishal, Chattogram, and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Khulna division with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over the country", said a met office release here today.

Mild heat wave is sweeping over the districts of Jashore and Satkhira and it may abate, it added.

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

The axis of monsoon trough runs through Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal to Assam across central part of Bangladesh.

One of its associated troughs extends up to Northeast Bay. Monsoon is fairly active over Bangladesh and moderate elsewhere over North Bay.

Country's maximum temperature on Thursday was recorded by 36.0 degree Celsius respectively at Satkhira and Jashore while the minimum temperature today was recorded by 24.0 degree Celsius at Rajarhat.

Maximum rainfall for the last twenty-four hours till 6 am today was recorded by 67 millimeters (mm) at Sayedpur.

The sun sets at 6:16 pm today and rises at 5:41 am tomorrow in the capital.