Frequency Of Thundershowers To Increase In Kolkata

Kolkata: The swearing-in-ceremony of Mamata Banerjee and her ministers that took place on Friday in the open-air might have been spared by rain. But the Met office expects thundershowers in the next 48 hours in Kolkata and southern parts of Bengal. A trough line combined with a cyclonic circulation could triggers few spells of rain in the next few days.

GC Debnath, deputy director general of meteorology, Regional Meteorological Centre Kolkata, said, “Frequency of thundershower in Kolkata, neighboring areas and south Bengal will increase in the next 48 hours.” “The discomfort index shot up to 62. When this index crosses 55, the heat becomes difficult to tolerate,” explained Debnath.

With no rain activity during the day on Friday the humidity rose. Even as the maximum temperature at 35.7 degree Celsius was only one notch above the normal mark, high humidity made the heat intolerant for those thousands who had come to attend the swearing-in ceremony programme on Red Road. Few even fainted under the sun. A trough line extending from Punjab to Assam across Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and northern parts of West Bengal and a cyclonic circulation over adjoining Bihar and sub Himalayan West Bengal has raised the hope for thundershowers.

Pre-monsoon rains have been active in different parts of India since last few weeks. While several weather systems have contributed in giving these rains, Cyclone Roanu has also been instrumental in bringing adequate rain over parched areas of Chennai, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and dropping temperatures significantly over hot pockets of Delhi-NCR, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Skymet Weather has predicted Monsoon 2016 to be above normal and as most of Indian residents await the onset of Southwest Monsoon, adequate pre-monsoon rain is keeping them happy.