Met office forecasts rain in all 8 divisions

City Desk  :
Bangladesh Meteorology Department (BMD) today forecasts light to moderate rain or thundershowers along with temporary gusty wind in all eight divisions of the country in the next 24 hours commencing 9am on Sunday, as monsoon is fairly active over Bangladesh.

“Light to moderate rain or thundershowers along with temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Khulna and Barishal divisions with moderately heavy falls at places over the country,” it said, reports BSS.

However, the met office predicted that the rainfall activity may increase in the next 72 hours.

Day temperature may rise slightly and night temperature may remain nearly unchanged.

Country’s maximum temperature on Saturday was recorded 37.0 degrees Celsius at Kumarkhali, while today’s minimum temperature was 23.3 degrees Celsius at Bandarban.