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Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind may occur at a few places in Rangpur, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places in Dhaka, Mymensingh and Khulna divisions.
The Meteorological Department has said the weather may remain mainly dry with temporarily partly cloudy skies elsewhere in the country during this period, and day and night temperatures will remain nearly unchanged.
The department’s bulletin on Saturday (3 October) said the extended part of the monsoon axis runs through Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and the southern part of Bangladesh to Assam. At present the monsoon is less active over Bangladesh and weak to moderate over the North Bay of Bengal.
The relative humidity of the air in Dhaka in the evening was 73 per cent. Wind is blowing from the south and south-east at a speed of 8 to 12 kilometres per hour. The sun will set in Dhaka at 5:44pm and rise the next day at 5:51am.
In the last 24 hours, the country’s highest rainfall of 51 millimetres was recorded at Sreemangal, and the highest temperature was in Tangail and Jashore, 35.4 degrees Celsius.
