A low-pressure system is causing rainfall over South Bengal, while an intensified depression is located over Fulbani in southern Odisha, which is expected to weaken into a well-marked low-pressure area by Friday afternoon, likely to extract considerable moisture from the Bay of Bengal and hence cause scattered heavy rainfall over the region for the next 24 to 48 hours.
The impact of this low-pressure system had already triggered rainfall on Dashami. The Weather Office has indicated that similar conditions will persist on Friday, Ekadashi.
Alert for coastal areas
According to meteorological sources, coastal areas are at risk of extremely heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours. Accompanying this precipitation, gusty winds are likely to sweep through the region. The low-pressure system is expected to cause turbulent sea conditions. In light of this, the Weather Office has issued an advisory, prohibiting fishermen from going into the sea.
Birbhum district has been placed under an alert for extremely heavy rainfall on Ekadashi. There is a high probability of heavy to very heavy rainfall, accompanied by thunderstorms, in the two Medinipur districts, South 24 Parganas, and Jhargram. Additionally, Kolkata, North 24 Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly, Bardhaman, Bankura, Birbhum, Murshidabad, and Purulia may experience heavy rainfall.
However, the Weather Office suggests that the intensity of rainfall might slightly diminish on Saturday. Coastal areas may experience gusty winds.
Tomorrow, on Dwadashi, Birbhum and Murshidabad districts are likely to receive heavy rainfall. Several areas in South Bengal face the possibility of scattered thunderstorms with rain. Sunday will see the city hosting a carnival in celebration of Puja. Even on this day, all districts in South Bengal are expected to experience scattered thunderstorms with rain.
On Monday, the districts of Birbhum, Murshidabad, Nadia, and both 24 Parganas are at a higher risk of thunderstorms accompanied by rainfall.
Weather conditions in North Bengal
Extremely heavy rainfall is threatening the districts of Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, and Darjeeling in North Bengal today. There may be a lot of rain in the districts of Kalimpong, Cooch Behar, and North Dinajpur. There were sporadic rainy thunderstorms in Malda and South Dinajpur. Gusty winds may accompany these rainfall events.
Weather conditions will remain adverse for North Bengal tomorrow, Dwadashi, especially in the six hilly districts, where an orange alert for extremely heavy rainfall has been issued for Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar, Cooch Behar, and North Dinajpur (rainfall up to 200 mm), with the lower districts of Malda and South Dinajpur vulnerable to heavy rainfall (up to 115 mm). Strong winds are also expected with these weather events. Extremely heavy rainfall will continue in the upper five districts on Sunday, with Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Alipurduar, Cooch Behar, and Jalpaiguri at risk. Rainfall will remain heavy in Cooch Behar and Alipurduar on Monday. Five districts in North Bengal (including Darjeeling) are likely to experience thunderstorms with rain.
Today is mostly cloudy in Kolkata. Rain and sporadic thunderstorms are still possible today, on Ekadashi. There is still a chance of one or two rainstorms with thunderstorms, even though the likelihood of rain is predicted to decline from Saturday. The minimum temperature for today is 25 degrees and 8 degrees. The highest recorded daytime temperature yesterday was 29°F. The air's relative humidity falls between 88 and 98 percent. There have been 29.1 millimeters of recorded rainfall.
