Kolkata, The Meteorological Department on Monday predicted that due to the possibility of moisture coming from the Bay of Bengal, the weather will remain cool in the next few days and there is also a possibility of rain, which will provide relief from the prolonged heat in South Bengal.
The weather office said heat wave conditions are likely to continue for at least five days in the districts of South Bengal.
An IMD official said people are likely to get respite from the heat conditions prevailing in the region from May 5 with the possibility of rain in coastal districts due to the arrival of moisture from the Bay of Bengal.
He said the rains would gradually spread to several southern districts of the state and would continue for at least a few days.
Due to severe weather conditions due to dry westerly winds and intense solar insolation in the southern and western districts of West Bengal, the summer holidays in state government-run or aided schools have been postponed, while many private educational institutions have postponed their classes either online or offline. Classes were switched or their timings were changed.
The weather office said severe heat wave conditions will persist in Bankura Birbhum, Jhargram, Murshidabad, Paschim Medinipur, Purba Bardhaman and Paschi Bardhaman, while other districts of South Bengal will experience heat wave conditions till May 3.
Panagarh in Paschim Bardhaman district recorded the state's highest temperature of 44.8 degrees Celsius on Monday, which is 9.2 degrees above normal.
The day's highest temperature in Kolkata was 41.7 degrees Celsius, I said, while the mercury in neighboring Salt Lake reached 41.6 degrees, six degrees above normal.
Other places where temperatures were recorded above 40 degrees Celsius were Medinipur (44.5), Bankura (44.2), Bardhaman (42), Asansol (43.5), Purulia (42.3), Jhargarh (42), Barrackpore (42.6) and Sriniketan (42.6), the weather department data said.
The weather office said heat wave conditions are likely to continue for at least five days in the districts of South Bengal.
An IMD official said people are likely to get respite from the heat conditions prevailing in the region from May 5 with the possibility of rain in coastal districts due to the arrival of moisture from the Bay of Bengal.
He said the rains would gradually spread to several southern districts of the state and would continue for at least a few days.
Due to severe weather conditions due to dry westerly winds and intense solar insolation in the southern and western districts of West Bengal, the summer holidays in state government-run or aided schools have been postponed, while many private educational institutions have postponed their classes either online or offline. Classes were switched or their timings were changed.
The weather office said severe heat wave conditions will persist in Bankura Birbhum, Jhargram, Murshidabad, Paschim Medinipur, Purba Bardhaman and Paschi Bardhaman, while other districts of South Bengal will experience heat wave conditions till May 3.
Panagarh in Paschim Bardhaman district recorded the state's highest temperature of 44.8 degrees Celsius on Monday, which is 9.2 degrees above normal.
The day's highest temperature in Kolkata was 41.7 degrees Celsius, I said, while the mercury in neighboring Salt Lake reached 41.6 degrees, six degrees above normal.
Other places where temperatures were recorded above 40 degrees Celsius were Medinipur (44.5), Bankura (44.2), Bardhaman (42), Asansol (43.5), Purulia (42.3), Jhargarh (42), Barrackpore (42.6) and Sriniketan (42.6), the weather department data said.
