The cultural city of India has witnessed some good pre-Monsoon rains during the last week of May. The initial days of June remained warm and dry for Kolkata. In fact, from past two to three days rains have refrained from pouring over the capital.
However, as reiterated by Skymet Weather, some spells of light showers did damp the city in last 24 hours. Kolkata has recorded 4 mm of rainfall.
All thanks to the low pressure area over Northwest Bay of Bengal off Odisha Coast. This system is likely to move northwards, resulting in more rains over the city.
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Further, moderate to heavy rainfall is anticipated to show up in Kolkata. This could be due to the formation of convective clouds over the region. Good rains are a possibility over Kolkata during the late evening or night hours today.
Since the span of last 24 hours from 8:30 am on Saturday, Midnapore recorded 14 mm of rainfall, Darjeeling 3.2 mm, Asansol 2.5 mm, Digha 1.6 mm, Malda 0.4 mm, while Diamond Harbor and Cooch Behar recorded 0.2 mm of rainfall.
Temperatures may drop significantly over Kolkata leading to comfortable weather conditions for the Bongs.
Click the image above to see the live lightning and thunderstorm across West Bengal
Skymet expects Southwest Monsoon to make an onset over Gangetic West Bengal including Kolkata during next 24 to 48 hours, with a delay of 3-4 days. The normal date for the onset of Monsoon over the state also including Kolkata is around June 10.
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