123 Kolkata: Even as the Met office rain forecast for Kolkata is between Wednesday and Thursday, the city skyline was covered by light cloud from Tuesday itself. The Met office said that the cloud on Tuesday was not potent enough to trigger rain. Some pockets close to the Bangladesh coast, however, got some spells of rain towards the afternoon.
While Friday is expected to remain dry, the Met office has predicted rain for the city on Saturday and Sunday as well.
"The conditions of the wind pattern and strong moisture incursion from the Bay of Bengal made the conditions favourable for thundershower activities in Kolkata and some other southern districts," said HR Biswas, head of the Weather Forecast Section at Regional Meteorological Centre Kolkata.
The window period for the possibility of rain in Kolkata is between the second half of Wednesday and Thursday night, according to the Met office. "We are also expecting a similar kind of thundershower activity on Saturday and Sunday," added Biswas.
In addition to Kolkata, neighbouring Howrah, North and South 24 Parganas, Hooghly, Midnapore and Jhargram are among the districts that are expected to get rain during the same period.
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