West Bengal: Temperature soars to 33.9°C, storm likely today
TNN | Updated: Apr 1, 2019, 07:26 IST
A biker rides on as the scorching sun creates heat haze on Red RoadKOLKATA: The city was scorched on a warm day when the maximum temperature soared to 33.9°C. With moisture flowing into the region and a cyclonic circulation over central Bengal set to move southward, the Met office spied a thunderstorm on Monday. Some pockets of the city also witnessed light drizzles late on Sunday.
The circulation triggered gusty winds and rain in the districts of Malda, Murshidabad, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar and Alipurduar on Sunday afternoon.
"There has been enough heating in the region across south Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha. Moisture has started flowing in from a high-pressure zone above Bay of Bengal. We expect the flow to peak on Monday and the circulation to move down south, closer to Kolkata. The combination of the two factors could trigger a thunderstorm on Monday. Even though the chances of a storm are higher on Monday, we are not ruling out a storm on Tuesday either," said Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) director GK Das.
The circulation over central Bengal had been pulling in all the moisture and triggering rain and storm in the northern districts.
"Had it formed in Jharkhand or central India, Kolkata would have received thunderstorms. But now the system is expected to move south, a thunderstorm is likely," added Das. Several north and central Bengal districts received hailstorms on Sunday.
On March 22, Kolkata was lashed by a thunderstorm that had a wind speed of 68kmph. The city was struck by twin storms on March 17 that included one with a wind speed of 72 kmph.
The circulation triggered gusty winds and rain in the districts of Malda, Murshidabad, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar and Alipurduar on Sunday afternoon.
"There has been enough heating in the region across south Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha. Moisture has started flowing in from a high-pressure zone above Bay of Bengal. We expect the flow to peak on Monday and the circulation to move down south, closer to Kolkata. The combination of the two factors could trigger a thunderstorm on Monday. Even though the chances of a storm are higher on Monday, we are not ruling out a storm on Tuesday either," said Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) director GK Das.
The circulation over central Bengal had been pulling in all the moisture and triggering rain and storm in the northern districts.
"Had it formed in Jharkhand or central India, Kolkata would have received thunderstorms. But now the system is expected to move south, a thunderstorm is likely," added Das. Several north and central Bengal districts received hailstorms on Sunday.
On March 22, Kolkata was lashed by a thunderstorm that had a wind speed of 68kmph. The city was struck by twin storms on March 17 that included one with a wind speed of 72 kmph.
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