Summary:
Even as the monsoon rain has been lashing north Bengal, south Bengal has been left deprived of rain.
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KOLKATA: The city can expect an end to the dry run by Thursday, predicts the Met office .
A cyclonic circulation is likely to form by July 24, triggering rain thereafter.
If the cyclonic circulation transforms into a low pressure area, the rainfall activity could be intense.
"All these days the monsoon flow has been weak in southern Bengal .
But we are expecting a turnaround by mid-week.
We expect normal monsoon between July 25 and 31," said GK Das, director (weather) at Regional Meteorological Centre Kolkata.
Even as the monsoon rain has been lashing north Bengal, south Bengal has been left deprived of rain.
July and August are the peak monsoon months.