A brief relief from the sweltering heat is likely amidst a low pressure moving inland from the west-central Bay of Bengal, prompting the Met Office to issue a heavy rainfall warning.
鈥楢 good amount of rain is expected over the next two days,鈥� meteorologist Omar Faruque told 抖阴精品 on Tuesday afternoon.
A mild to moderate heatwave has been sweeping over most of Bangladesh on and off over the past two weeks while the day temperature rose to 39C once.
At one point, the heatwave engulfed the entire country briefly and then retreated for a day before spreading again.
On Monday, five divisions, including Dhaka, were getting baked under a heatwave. The heatwave, however, completely retreated on Tuesday.聽聽聽
The country鈥檚 highest maximum temperature of 36C was recorded in Netrakona.
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department in a special bulletin warned about heavy to very heavy rainfall in Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Rangpur over the 72 hours starting from 6:00am on Tuesday.
The BMD said that under the influence of rainfall, landslide might result in the Chattogram division.
鈥楻ain is likely to occur almost all over Bangladesh except Rajshahi,鈥� said Faruq.
The BMD in its daily weather bulletin issued for 24 hours at 6:00pm said that light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind was likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to very heavy falls at places over the country.
September is the last month of the four-month-long monsoon, which started rather early this year.
The BMD said that days ahead would become increasingly dry because of monsoon retreating, potentially leading to hot days.
The BMD forecast spells bad news for the interim government which is struggling to settle in with a fragile power system with huge power overcapacity.
The power system with installed capacity of over 27,000MW cannot generate even 13,000MW due to the dollar crisis.
All maritime ports have been asked to hoist signal number three. All fishing boats and trawlers have been asked to come close to the shore and move with caution until further notice.
