Weatherman predicts widespread showers in next three days

Kolkata: The Regional Meteorological Center at Alipore predicted rainfall in the South Bengal districts in the Puja days

A low pressure area, the third in a month, formed over the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday and it is expected to bring heavy rains in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Bengal in the next three days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

The MeT office in Kolkata had earlier said that people in the city may get drenched during the Puja days as a low pressure trough will form over Central Bay of Bengal and it will further intensify.

The Met office earlier said that a low pressure trough will form on October 19 in the Bay of Bengal which will further intensify.

"A low-pressure area has formed over central parts of Bay of Bengal on Tuesday morning. It is very likely to become more marked and move initially northwestwards during the next 48 hours and then north-north eastwards during the subsequent three days," weather office said.

Conditions are becoming favourable for further withdrawal of the southwest monsoon from the remaining parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, northern West Bengal and Sikkim, Jharkhand, the remaining parts of Madhya Pradesh, northern Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra, and the remaining parts of Gujarat during the next two to three days.

The withdrawal of the southwest monsoon has been delayed this year.

North Bengal districts may also receive a very light rainfall during this period. According to IMD withdrawal of Southwest Monsoon is likely to delay due to formation of low pressure area over Bay of Bengal and incursion of moisture from the sea.