Light to moderate rain likely

Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram, and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Dhaka and Rajshahi divisions with moderately heavy falls at isolated places over the country.

Mild heat wave is sweeping over the districts of Rajshahi and Pabna and it may continue, said a Met Office forecast which will remain valid for the next 24 hours begins from 9 am on Friday morning.

Day and night temperatures may remain nearly unchanged over the country.

The axis of the monsoon trough runs through Rajasthan, Hariyana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Gangetic West Bengal to Assam across the central part of Bangladesh. One of its associated troughs extends up to Northwest Bay. Monsoon is fairly active over Bangladesh and moderates elsewhere over North Bay.

The country’s maximum temperature on Thursday was recorded at 37.5 degree Celsius at Rajshahi and the minimum temperature today was recorded at 25.1 degree Celsius at Rangamati. Maximum rainfall for the last twenty-four hours till 6 am today was recorded by 35 millimeters(mm) at Satkhira.

Today’s sunset at Dhaka at 6.47 pm and tomorrow's sunrise at 5.23 am.

Source: BSS