Met office predicts rain until Monday morning

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today predicted rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind at some places over the country in 24 hours as of 9 am on Monday, reports BSS. 

“Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Dhaka, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barishal and Mymensingh divisions,” said a BMD press release here this morning.

Night temperature may fall by (1-2) degrees Celsius while day temperature may rise slightly over the country during the period, it added.

The highest temperature in the country was recorded 30.3 degrees Celsius at Teknaf in Chattogram division yesterday and today’s minimum temperature is 11.5 degrees Celsius at Srimangal in Sylhet division.

The highest rainfall in the last 24 hours as of 6 am today was recorded 17mm in Rajshahi.

The sun sets at 5:55 pm today and rises at 6:30 am tomorrow in the capital.