Heat, humid weather baffles citizens
Special Correspondent
It was the 27th day of Ashwin in late autumn. A sudden spell of sultry weather, with the mercury rising to 34.7 degrees Celsius yesterday (Thursday), led Dhaka citizens to ask what has gone wrong with the weather this time of the year. Bazlur Rashid, senior meteorologist at the Dhaka Met Office, told The Independent that a low pressure was brewing somewhere in the Bay of Bengal. Perhaps that could be causing such a weather, he said. This comes in the wake of a low pressure that turned into a land depression over the Gangetic West Bengal a couple of days ago and brought scattered showers. Instead of pulling away a fading monsoon westward, it left it into a spin, roosting over the Bay. It was supposed to leave by the end of the week. Now its withdrawal is going to be delayed until October 17 , reported the senior meteorologist, adding it came late but turned out more out of its wings making this rainy season marked by very wet with more than average rainfall till September. The monsoon had more than average rainfall till September. Bazlur Rashid said a few scattered showers could be there as the monsoon prepares to withdraw from the country. In the meantime, Tangail also experienced a rise in temperature, with the mercury shooting up to 35.2C, the highest maximum in the country on Wednesday. Jessore too sizzled at 35.6C. Barring four mm at Rangamati and a few drops at Sitakunda, the country went dry, despite the presence of some clouds, in the last 24 hours ending at 6am yesterday.
