'Pleasant' drizzle to continue

Dhaka, June 16 (bdnews24.com) ? It is quite pleasant to experience drizzle in the summer as it was on Friday morning.

The Met Office said the drizzle in the capital would continue until Saturday noon as the monsoon set in.

Forecast officer Ashraful Huq on Friday told bdnews24.com there were rains across the country since Thursday due to the low in the Bay.

He said the current hot and humid weather would ease if the rains prolonged.

Dhaka's highest temperature was recorded 35.2 degrees Celsius last week, which came down to 25 on Thursday evening.

In the division, the highest temperature was recorded 39.4 degrees Celsius.

The Met Office recorded 17 millimetres (mm) of rain in Dhaka, while 42.6mm in Chittagong since Thursday evening until 10am on Friday.

Meanwhile, a Met Office special bulletin advised maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox's Bazar and Mongla to hoist local cautionary signal number three.

Under the influence of the monsoon depression, the low-lying areas of Cox's Bazar, Chittagong, Noakhali, Feni, Laxmipur, Bhola, Barisal, Patuakhali, Barguna, Chandpur, Pirojpur, Jhalakati, Bagerhat, Khulna, Satkhira and their offshore islands, and chars are likely to be inundated by a wind-driven surge of 2-4 feet high normal astronomical tide.

All fishing boats and trawlers over the North Bay have been advised to remain in shelter until further instruction.

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