Cyclone Mocha looms over West Bengal and it may rain throughout the day in the state. In other parts of the state including Kolkata, however, the process of sporadic rain has been on for the last 10 days. The danger of Cyclone Morcha is due to the low pressure created in the Bay of Bengal. Several other parts of the country may also experience sporadic to heavy rainfall.
In the meantime, a fresh spell of rainfall is likely to commence over northwest India from 5th May with scattered to fairly widespread rainfall and snowfall over Western Himalayan region. An isolated to scattered rainfall over plains of northwest India is expected for 2-3 days. However a reduction in rainfall activity over south peninsular India is expected from Thursday, 4th May.
The Meteorological Department had told two days back that a cyclone would form due to low pressure on the sea level. According to the IMD, it has become more serious on Thursday. Its effect will be visible from Friday and there will be rain with strong thunderstorms in the coastal districts of Howrah, Hooghly, North and South 24 Parganas and East and West Medinipur of the state of West Bengal.
Even today the sky of Kolkata is cloudy and there are chances of scattered rains throughout the day. During the last 24 hours, 2.3 mm of rain has been recorded. The minimum temperature was 26.1 degree Celsius and the maximum temperature was 34 degree Celsius, which is one notch below normal.
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