Met office forecasts rain showers across Bangladesh for next 24hrs

The weather department has predicted showers across Bangladesh in 24 hours commencing 9am today (August 28, 2022).

"Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Khulna and Barishal divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to heavy rainfall at places over northern part of the country," said a Met Office bulletin.

Rainfall activity may increase at the end of the period.

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

The weather office recorded the highest 106 mm rainfall in Rangpur in 24 hours till 6am today.

The highest temperature was recorded at 36.6 degrees Celsius in Rajshahi, while the lowest temperature was recorded at 24.0 degrees in Rangpur and Rangamati.

Meanwhile, the axis of monsoon trough runs through Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal to Assam across northern part of Bangladesh.

One of its associated troughs extends up to Northwest Bay. Monsoon is fairly active over Bangladesh and moderate elsewhere over North Bay, as per the bulletin.