Southwest Monsoon has been splashing rains over the state of West Bengal including Kolkata. The month of July has witnessed continuous rains on and off rains. Kolkata has also surpassed its monthly mean rainfall a week before due to these hefty rains.
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However, the intensity of rains have been of varying light to moderate intensity, at times even heavy showers were witnessed over most districts of West Bengal including Kolkata.
The last 24 hours from 8.30 am on Saturday also heavy rains were witnessed in Kolkata. Alipur observatory in Kolkata recorded 61 mm of rain splashing rain and Dumdum witnessed 31 mm of rain.
Click the image below to see the live lightning and thunderstorm across Kolkata
The reason for these rains as per Skymet Weather can be attributed to the multiple weather systems over the region. An axis of Monsoon trough is passing from Jaisalmer, the center of Low’s, East Rajasthan, Sidhi, Bankura, Canning and is moving towards east southeastwards to the northeast Bay of Bengal. A cyclonic circulation is over Bangladesh, West Bengal and adjoining Northwest Bay of Bengal.
The cyclonic circulation is likely to intensify into a low pressure area during the next 2 to 3 days. Thus, moderate to heavy rains are likely over Kolkata and adjoining areas for the next 24 to 48 hours. At present, pleasant weather conditions are prevailing over the city of joy and the temperatures are settling below normal levels.
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