Another low at northwest bay
Another monsoon low was formed at the northwest Bay of Bengal yesterday noon off the West Bengal and Bangladesh coast, which may concentrate into a low pressure and turn into a seasonal depression, Met Office sources said.
The formation of the low followed departure of a depression on Sunday towards Orissa on a westward course taking away all the rains, weakening the monsoon over Bangladesh.
There had been a couple of lows and depressions in the recent past. All of them had moved away westward instead of northward over Bangladesh, causing a lull in rainfall over the country at its peak rainy season.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Now hopes have been renewed among the meteorologists that the latest low forming off the West Bengal and Bangladesh coast may become friendly to provide rains over the country at the mid period of the monsoon before it winds up for this season in early October.