Pre-Monsoon Rain is Likely to Bring Relief in Next 48 Hours in Kolkata

A rainy relief from the soaring temperature in Kolkata is expected to arrive in the next 48 hours, said the Regional Meteorological Department on Monday. Reports are that West Bengal as well as Kolkata has suffered a maximum temperature of 40 degrees Celsius, five degrees above the season’s average. This was coupled with equally uncomfortable level of humidity in the air which stayed almost 90 percent throughout the month of April.

With the arrival of May, the second day of the month on Monday ‘experienced a maximum temperature of 38 degrees Celsius, four degrees above normal.’ But partly cloudy sky brought a sigh of relief, said the weather department. Though the humidity was close to 90 percent yesterday, thunder storms existing for the last three weeks in the city and the whole state, is no longer prevailing.

A Met Department official supporting the forecast of rain, said: “Kolkata is likely to witness isolated light rain or thundershower from 3 May onwards. There are chances of thunderstorm along the lines of Gangetic West Bengal.” Reports are that the pre-monsoon rain will be ‘on account of a cyclonic circulation’ that has developed over East Bihar and adjoining West Bengal and Jharkhand.

However, the weather office have issued warning of thunder squall with wind speed between 50 to 60 km/hour with hailstorm in districts like Bankura, Birbhum, Bardhaman, Murshidabad, Nadia, Hooghly and North and South 24-Parganas, reports said.