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Low-pressure system likely to bring rain to parts of south Bengal from Sept 10

Kolkata, Sep 9 (UNI) A brewing weather system in the North Bay of Bengal is tipped to bring rainfall in parts of south Bengal from Thursday.
According to weather scientists, the system, which currently lies as a cyclonic circulation over the North Bay of Bengal, is expected to intensify into a low-pressure area on Thursday.
As the system is still at an initial stage, its intensity and area of impact could be determined only after it is formed into a low-pressure area tomorrow,” informed a weather scientist, H.R Biswas from the Regional Meteorological Centre.
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