Light to moderate rain with gusty wind likey

City Desk :
Bangladesh Meteorology Department (BMD) on Saturday forecast 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 Saturday.

“Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Dhaka, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions; at a few places over Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions and at one or two places over Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions with moderately heavy to very heavy falls at places over Dhaka, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till 9am today,” it said, reports BSS.

Monsoon is fairly active over Bangladesh and moderate over North Bay, it added.

However, the bulletin predicted that the day and night temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country.

Country’s maximum temperature on Friday was recorded 33.0 degrees Celsius at Patuakhali, while Saturday’s minimum temperature was 23.0 degrees Celsius at Nikli.

The highest rainfall in the last 24 hours till 6am on Saturday was recorded 358 mm at Sylhet.