The city of Kolkata has been witnessing Pre Monsoon rains for the last couple of days. These weather activities occur during the late afternoon and evening hours, which is a typical Pre Monsoon characteristic.
The last 24 hours were also not very different and the city did see some light rains. In a span of 24 hours from 8:30 am on Wednesday, Kolkata recorded 0.9 mm of rainfall. As far as temperatures are concerned, both the maximums and minimums are settling two notches below the normal levels.
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So far in the month of April, the city of Kolkata has already recorded a whopping 85 mm of rainfall against its monthly average of 59 mm of rainfall.
Today also, the city of Kolkata is expected to see some thunderstorm activity along with rains. Thunderclouds have already built up and the city is expected to witness rains anytime now. This build up is a typical Pre-Monsoon super storm extending to a height of 12 km.
Thus, along with the city of Kolkata, adjoining areas of Midnapore, Jhargram and Bankura are also expected to witness some rainfall activity.
This system has been travelling from the southwest direction, i.e. Odisha which has already recorded some rainfall activity today.
The upcoming spell in Kolkata will be violent with intense lightning and thunderstorm accompanied with squalls and strong winds as well.
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