KOLKATA: After a nor’wester on Thursday, the city and surroundings received another round of thundershowers on Friday night. The Met office expects more such spells over the next couple of days though, they said, the southwest monsoon was unlikely to arrive in at least the next four days.
“There is not much progress in the advancement of the monsoon. We see very slim chance of the monsoon arriving before July 14,” said G K Das, director (weather), Regional Meteorological Centre Kolkata. After its early arrival in north Bengal, the monsoon has remained sluggish. Monsoon usually sets in Kolkata by June 12.
The thundershower in the evening did not have much impact on the temperature. The “We expect a few spells of thundershowers in the next two to three days. The intensity of the rain is likely to be less and the hot-and-humid condition will stay,” said Das.
