Kolkata sees 48mm rainfall as depression lowers temp

Kolkata: Multiple spells of rain through the night under the influence of a depression brought 48 mm of rainfall to Kolkata in the past 24 hours. The maximum temperature dipped to the lowest in about 16 days.

As the system has now moved over to south Jharkhand and adjoining north interior Odisha, the Met office expects reduced rain activity in Kolkata and other parts of south Bengal.Kolkata recorded a maximum temperature of 29°C on Monday. At 3.5 notches below the normal mark, this was the lowest maximum since June 19. The minimum temperature also dipped from 27.4°C on Sunday to 26°C on Monday, thus slipping below the normal after a gap of five days.

The Met office expects the mercury to hover a little below normal for now over the next few days.“The maximum impact of the depression was on Odisha while our region got widespread rain with some heavy spells in parts of south Bengal. Now this Bay system is already into the land, over south Jharkhand and adjoining north interior Odisha. The rainfall over south Bengal will now reduce but we will continue to get seasonal showers on and off,” said a source at the Regional Meteorological Centre Kolkata.

While the rainfall activity in south Bengal reduces, it will pick up intensity in north Bengal. “Under the influence of the above system and in view of favourable wind pattern at lower levels and strong moisture incursion from Bay of Bengal, rainfall activity is very likely to increase gradually over north Bengal and heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places with extremely heavy rainfall at one or two places between July 7 and 9,” said special IMD bulletin.