Low-pressure system eases, warning signal lowered in ports

After causing continuous rainfall for several days, the low-pressure area over the north Bay of Bengal and adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh has become unimportant, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department says.

Accordingly, the warning signals at four seaports have been lowered.

It is likely to rain in some of the divisions in the country over the next 24 hours, but the temperature will rise a little, reports bdnews24.com citing a BMD bulletin.

“The low pressure doesn’t exist anymore. It has merged with the monsoon axis. Therefore, the warning signals were withdrawn. The possibility of rain has decreased as well,” said Meteorologist AKM Nazmul Haque.

The BMD had previously asked the Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra ports to hoist the local cautionary signal No. 3 due to the impact of the possible low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal.

As the low pressure moved, the rainfall that started on Wednesday finally eased on Saturday evening. The weather was sunny on Sunday morning.

The BMD forecast says that light to moderate rain with thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over the Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and a few places over the Rajshahi Rangpur and Dhaka divisions in the 24 hours from 9am on Sunday.

Also, moderately heavy to heavy falls are expected at places over the Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions.

Day and night temperatures may rise slightly over the country, it said.

Kurigram’s Rajarhat recorded the highest rainfall over the past 24 hours with 164 mm in the previous 24 hours.

Naokhali’s Maijdee Court recorded 117 mm of rain in the same period, Lakshmipur’s Ramgati 99 mm, Cumilla 79mm, Sylhet 74mm, and Dhaka 30mm of rain.

The maximum temperature recorded in the country in the last 24 hours was 34.2 degrees Celsius in Rajshahi, while the minimum was 23.5 degrees Celsius in Rajarhat.