Kolkata: Heavy Rains Continue To Drench City Under Low-Pressure System. Check Friday Forecast

Kolkata Rains: Kolkata will continue to get a few spells of light to moderate rain till Friday under the influence of a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal.

People of Kolkata woke up to heavy rains on Thursday, inconveniencing office and school goers, under the influence of a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal. Apart from Kolkata, coastal districts of south Bengal -- North and South 24 Parganas, East and West Midnapore continued to be drenched in intermittent showers.

According to Alipur Meteorological Office, there is a possibility of intermittent rainfall in various districts of the state throughout Thursday. The prediction for Friday is also gloomy -- widespread and heavy rains accompanied by thunder and lightning.

"Kolkata will continue to get a few spells of light to moderate rain till Friday due to this low-pressure area. We can expect between 10mm and 20mm of rain daily up to Friday," GK Das, director (weather), Regional Meteorological Centre, Kolkata, told TOI.

The minimum temperature in Kolkata on Thursday settled at 26.6 degrees Celsius. Light to moderate showers also lashed areas of Howrah, Hooghly, Purulia, Murshidabad, Nadia, Birbhum, Bankura, East Burdwan and West Burdwan districts. Hooghly district is likely to experience light to moderate rain in the next two to three hours.

Sanjib Banerjee, director of the Alipore Met office, told The Telegraph that the intensity of the rains would subside from Saturday onwards. "As far the North Bengal districts are concerned, the rains would begin easing off in the next 24 hours," Banerjee said.

Why Kolkata Is Witnessing Heavy Rains In September?

Apart from the low pressure system, meteorologists said another reason for the heavy showers was due to a monsoon axis passing from Jharkhand to the Bay of Bengal. The axis passed through South Bengal. Due to the combination of this monsoon axis and low pressure, heavy rains were seen in several districts of Bengal.

On Wednesday, Kolkata saw brief spells of rain and drizzle in the morning. Hwoever, a heavy rain lashed southern and central parts of the city in the afternoon. Between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm on Wednesday, the Met office recorded around 10mm of rain in Alipore, The Telegraph reported.

Bengal recored rain deficits in the months of July and August. But, the city has so far recorded surplus rainfall in Calcutta in September.