Kolkata: While Kolkata and several south Bengal districts received light to moderate rain on Sunday, the intensity of the showers could increase over the next two days, said the Regional Meteorological Centre, Alipore. While the western districts of the state are likely to receive thunderstorms and rain on Monday, South and North 24 Parganas, East and West Bardhaman, Nadia, Murshidabad and Birbhum could be lashed by thunderstorms accompanied by lightning strikes and a wind speed of 40-50 km/hour.The afternoon rain in Kolkata, though, failed to bring any relief from heat and humidity.A seasonal trough from Punjab to Bihar and gradually strengthening monsoon currents are set to trigger more consistent rain this week, said Sourish Bandopadhyay, weather scientist at RMC. “In view of favourable wind pattern and strong moisture incursion from Bay of Bengal, thunderstorms and associated activities are likely to continue over some districts of Bengal. Heavy to very heavy rain accompanied with extremely heavy rain is very likely to occur over some districts of north Bengal during June 28-29 (Sunday and Monday),” said a bulletin issued by RMC.Kolkata recorded a maximum temperature of 35.6°C on Sunday.
