Met spies rain in Kolkata, districts today and tomorrow

KOLKATA: The city and its neighbouring districts may receive spells of light to moderate rain on Sunday and Monday under the impact of a western disturbance (WD). Some areas in and around the city are set to receive thunderstorms as well, said the Met office. It has also predicted that the temperature will remain unchanged till January 26. Kolkata recorded a minimum temperature of 17.4 degree Celsius on Saturday.
“We expect the weather conditions to remain overcast accompanied with spells of drizzle on Sunday and Monday.Along with Kolkata, Howrah, North and South 24 Parganas, East and West Midnapore, Nadia, Murshidabad and West Burdwan, too, may receive drizzles,” said a Met official.
A north-south low-pressure trough between Bihar and Chhattisgarh and another one which is stretching between Rajasthan and Bengal are set to form over the next 24 hours as the western disturbance approaches. These will generate clouds and lead to light drizzles in the city. “But the rain will be restricted to 20 mm-30 mm in Kolkata and may occur on Sunday and Monday,” said Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) director GK Das.
“It will remain cloudy and the intermittent rain will continue on Monday. We expect that the weather will improve from the second half of Monday. But sporadic drizzles may still occur,” said Das.
“We expect the temperature to fall after January 26 when the effects of the western disturbance start waning. But since we are approaching the end of winter, the fall in temperature may not be a very significant one,” he added.
Till then, the difference between the maximum and the minimum temperature will narrow down to two-three degrees.
Western disturbances are common in winter and they lead to rain and a temperature rise, said Das. This is the third occasion this winter when a WD has led to rain and a temperature rise in Kolkata and south Bengal.