Why still feel hot despite heavy rain?
The country experienced heavy rainfall yesterday due to Cyclone Remal, but people from different parts of the country reported still feeling hot and discomfort.
Meteorologists said that this discomfort is basically due to an excessive amount of moisture in the air.
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"The air is saturated with moisture that's why we can't cool our body with sweating system," Muhammad Abul Kalam Mallik, meteorologist of Bangladesh Meteorologist Department, told The Daily Star today.
He said that the rain helped the soil to release the latent heat that is responsible for warming the environment.
"That's why we are feeling discomfort though there is no heatwave or high temperature. It is mainly due to damp weather."
According to Bangladesh Meteorological Department, Dhaka's temperature was recorded 32.1 degrees Celsius at 12:00pm while 244 millimetres of rainfall was recorded in the capital in the last 48 hours.
Hafizur Rahman, meteorologist of BMD, said that the temperature may rise in the coming days if there is no rain.
He said people will sweat more due to excessive moisture in the air and will feel discomfort.
In April, Bangladesh experienced the longest heatwave ever, and a mild to moderate heatwave swept the country in the middle of the May.
Data from Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) shows that the average maximum temperature throughout April was 36.2 degrees Celsius. With an average rainfall of just 1mm, the month was also the driest in 43 years.
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