Deep depression spares state, brings monsoons to North Bengal
In a major relief from the sweltering heat waves, the deep depression passed through the coastal belts in West Bengal within an hour, without creating much havoc.
A deep depression close to Sagar Island located in the delta region of West Bengal is expected to bring heavy rainfall to the southern parts of the state, an official from the met department said.
The depression over the northwest Bay of Bengal and the adjoining areas of the North Odisha-West Bengal coasts moved very slowly, intensifying into a deep depression on Monday. The system has come as close as 30 km to Sagar Island.
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In addition, the monsoon trough over Bikaner, Gwalior, Varanasi, and Jamshedpur, passing through the centre of the deep depression over the northwest Bay of Bengal and the adjoining areas of the West Bengal-North Odisha coasts, triggered heavy rainfall in parts of South Bengal on Monday.
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“The system is to come closer to land in the next few hours, affecting mostly parts of Odisha and the adjoining coastal belts in West Bengal,” a weather official at the Regional Meteorological Centre in Kolkata said.
“The system is to bring maximum rainfall in the next few hours today. It is expected to trigger light to moderate rain or thundershowers at most places across all the districts of South Bengal, while heavy rain of about 7-11 cm is very likely to occur at one or two places over West Midnapore, Jhargram, Bankura, and Purulia districts. Apart from this, thunderstorms with lightning and gusty surface winds reaching speeds of 40-50 kmph are very likely to occur at one or two places over East Midnapore, West Midnapore, Jhargram, and South 24 Parganas districts. Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty surface winds reaching speeds of 30-40 kmph are also very likely to occur at one or two places over the remaining districts of South Bengal,” he added.
According to weather forecasters, from 29 July, the weather in Kolkata and other districts of South Bengal is expected to improve, and the intensity of rainfall is expected to reduce.
“The downpour is expected to occur in Kolkata and other districts until 29 July, but it is going to be largely light rainfall. For the next few days, rainfall intensity will continue to remain low in Kolkata and other parts of South Bengal,” he added.
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