Caught in the rain!

Caught in the rain!

It was violent windy rainfall while I landed in Ankurhati Bus stop. Depression created by Mahasen continues. I was worried about Sabita and her Prayas Team who were celebrating Rabindra Nazrul jayanti in Open. As is was also raining in Sode pur.The event was delayed but they managed to perform and it has been  a super hit.

Our office is situated on National Highway number Six, Bombay Road. We have to reach Ankurhati Chekpost and have to walk down our Office some 500 hundred mtrs amidst heavy traffick as trucks and heavy vehicles park on the footpath, we have to walk down on the highway itself which never does allow walking or crossing.

On Sunday, it is quite anarchy. In a weather like this we have to walk between danger lines. No option. On the bus stop, there is no shed at all. It is always risky to stop there. We have to walk on whatsoever may come.As umbrella has not to help you in violent windy rainfall, we have to get wet everytime.

It was Sunday. I was wet and had to change otherwise would get sick which we may not  afford.

My friends snapped the occasion. It portrays our daily suffering in the rainy season.

Kolkata Weather Forecast – 10 Day (India)

10 Day Weather Forecast Issued: 4 am Mon 20 May local time

View 3 Hour Detailed Kolkata (Calcutta) Weather Forecast for Today

Kolkata 1 – 3 Day Weather Forecast Summary: Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 39°C on Mon afternoon, min 29°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

	Mon 20 morn- ing	Mon 20 after- noon	Mon 20 night	Tue 21 morn- ing	Tue 21 after- noon	Tue 21 night	Wed 22 morn- ing	Wed 22 after- noon	Wed 22 night
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Metric
Imperial
Wind (km/h)	10	25	20	15	25	15	20	20	15
Summary	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Snow (cm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max. Temp (C)	36	39	30	34	35	30	31	32	30
Min. Temp (C)	32	32	29	31	33	29	31	32	29
Wind Chill (C)	32	32	29	31	33	29	31	32	29
Freezing  Level (m)	5400	5400	5450	5550	5650	5550	5550	5600	5500
Sunrise	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-
Sunset	-	18:10	-	-	18:12	-	-	18:12	-

 

 

 

 

Kolkata 4 – 7 Day Weather Forecast Summary: Mostly dry. Warm (max 34°C on Sat morning, min 29°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

	Thu 23 morn- ing	Thu 23 after- noon	Thu 23 night	Fri 24 morn- ing	Fri 24 after- noon	Fri 24 night	Sat 25 morn- ing	Sat 25 after- noon	Sat 25 night
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Wind (km/h)	20	20	15	25	20	20	25	20	20
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Snow (cm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max. Temp (C)	31	31	29	33	33	29	34	33	30
Min. Temp (C)	30	31	29	32	32	29	31	32	29
Wind Chill (C)	30	31	29	32	32	29	31	32	29
Freezing  Level (m)	5550	5600	5450	5450	5500	5350	5500	5450	5350
Sunrise	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-
Sunset	-	18:13	-	-	18:13	-	-	18:14	-

 

 

 

 

Kolkata 7 – 10 Day Weather Forecast Summary: Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 36°C on Sun morning, min 29°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

	Sun 26 morn- ing	Sun 26 after- noon	Sun 26 night	Mon 27 morn- ing	Mon 27 after- noon	Mon 27 night	Tue 28 morn- ing	Tue 28 after- noon	Tue 28 night
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Wind (km/h)	25	25	15	15	15	10	10	10	5
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	2
Snow (cm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max. Temp (C)	36	35	31	36	30	34	34	31	34
Min. Temp (C)	33	33	29	32	30	30	34	31	31
Wind Chill (C)	33	33	29	32	30	30	34	31	31
Freezing  Level (m)	5350	5500	5450	5350	5600	5500	5500	5600	5450
Sunrise	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-
Sunset	-	18:14	-	-	18:15	-	-	18:15	-

 

 

Weather forecast for places near Kolkata:
Place Name	km	1–3 Day Summary	4–6 Day Summary	7–9 Day Summary
Howrah	9 km	Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon	Mostly dry	Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun night
Nangi	12 km	Some drizzle, heaviest during Mon afternoon	Mostly dry	Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun night
Sankrail	14 km	Some drizzle, heaviest during Mon afternoon	Mostly dry	Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun night
Bankra	15 km	Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon	Mostly dry	Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun night
Baranagar	15 km	Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon	Mostly dry	Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon

The Calcutta weather forecast can also apply as a weather forecast for these nearby places that are also at a similar altitude: Taliganja (2 km), Behala (3 km), Watganj (4 km), Kidderpore (4 km), Jinjirpul (4 km), Ballygunge(5 km), Ramkantapur (5 km), Jadabpur (6 km), Zeyadah Kot (6 km), Gaiyari (6 km), Nagtala (7 km), Ramkali (8 km), Raghabpur (9 km), Raspunji (9 km), Amgachia (10 km), Sonarpur (12 km), Kusuinba (12 km), Panakua (12 km), Bhasa (12 km), Ramnagar (12 km), Ghasiara (13 km). The same weather forecast can also be used for Rajpur(13 km), Kalipur (13 km), Nahazari (13 km), Narasinhapur (13 km), Bamanghata (14 km), Baynala (14 km), Radhangar (14 km), Nangalbaria (14 km), Keoradanga (14 km), Taona (14 km), Andharmanik (14 km), Petua(15 km), Gohindapur (15 km), Nadabhanga (15 km), Arapanja (16 km), Mandshar (17 km), Kasibati (17 km), Uchche Khali (17 km), Dhamnagar (18 km), Ramchandranagar (18 km). The weather forecast would also be the same at Chandi (18 km), Damdama (18 km), Chandipur (18 km), Ghoshpur (19 km), Madarhat (19 km), Chaulkhola (19 km), Hayatnagar (19 km), Khunkhali (19 km), Pratapnagar (20 km), Sultanganj (20 km), Ramkrishnapur (20 km), Amratala(20 km), Begampur (21 km), Simulia (21 km), Shirakol (21 km), Haturia (21 km), Bagnar (21 km), Iarpur (22 km), Nabasan (23 km), Raypur (23 km). The following places are also close enough to Calcutta to have the same forecast: Syampur (23 km), Uttarbhag (23 km), Mirzapur (23 km), Kismat (24 km), Ramnagar (24 km), Amreswar(24 km), Banok (24 km), Debipur (25 km), Srichandia (25 km), Raginabad (25 km), Gurdaha (25 km), Dhamua(25 km), Padmajala (25 km), Gazirhat (25 km), Multi (25 km), Fatehpur (26 km), Ramgarh (26 km), Alipur (26 km), Balbalia (26 km), Chakdaha (26 km), Asurabad (26 km), Daulalpur (27 km), Dostpur (27 km), Hansuri (27 km), Chatuar (27 km), Bankri (27 km), Tasorala (28 km), Nankeldanga (28 km), Mosat (28 km), Sarisapara (28 km), Magra Hat (29 km), Amria (29 km), Khakurdah (29 km), Usti (29 km), Ramchandrapur (30 km), Salgari (30 km), Kamarpukur (30 km), Tulan (30 km) and Dayrak (30 km) away.

With the approach of June, sights in the Indian subcontinent have without a doubt been turning to the coming rains of the South West Monsoon.

Weary from weeks of dusty, sweltering heat, more than a billion people will hope for life-giving rain and a break from daytimes reaching 40 degrees to sometimes 45 degrees (104 to 113 degrees F).

The latest tropical cyclone, Mahasen, has been a harbinger of the coming seasonal flip in wind patterns that will breed widespread cloud and rain, beginning in the south and east of the subcontinent.

Image credit: India Meteorological Department.

The southwest Indian state of Kerala, a bellwether for the onset of the South West Monsoon and the subject of a statistical model forecast by forecasters in India, normally witnesses the onset of the rain-giving phenomenon near the start of June. Within four to six weeks thereafter, the leading edge of the mega weather system would have spread throughout India, Bangladesh and Nepal to gain a foothold inside Pakistan.

Tropical Cyclone Mahasen has necessarily had some say in the onset timing of the Monsoon. As the India Meteorological Dept. (IMD) indicated in its website on May 15, the cyclone was instrumental in initiating a cross-equatorial flow in the lower atmosphere of the Andaman Sea and the nearby Bay of Bengal. It is cross-equatorial wind flow across the breadth of the Indian Ocean that is at the wheelhouse of South West Monsoon.

Based on the shifts over the eastern Indian Ocean, the IMD have stated, as of May 17, that the South West Monsoon has advanced to parts of the Andaman Sea and southern Bay of Bengal. However, the IMD also say that the onset timing in this part of the Indian Ocean basin has little predictive power with respect to monsoon advance and rainfall in India.

-Forecast for the Monsoon onset in Kerala state

Results of the IMD's statical model forecast point to a June 3 onset, give or take four days, of the 2013 South West Monsoon in the state of Kerala. Onset here was on June 5, 2012, but on May 23, 2009, the earliest onset for the period 2005-12.

In the meantime, going forward for the next one to two weeks, much of the subcontinent will continue to suffer stifling heat, topping 45 degrees C (113 F) in many instances. During this period, the worst of the heat will tend to shift northward and westward, settling over the Indus River plains and the Thar Desert before the end of May.

-Temperatures Soar

Thursday, readings hit the 45-degree-C heatwave benchmark in a few locations of India with southern Pakistan waxing hotter still. In India, Nagpur reached 45.4 degrees C (114 F), whereas Jaisalmer and Ramagundam hit 45 degrees C (113 F). All were at least marginally hotter on Friday.

In Pakistan, Nawabshah led the way Thursday, topping 47 degrees C (117 F). Right behind was Jacobabad, where 46.5 degrees C (116 F) was reached. Here again, Friday's reading were at least this high.