Soil-moisture maps are changing week to week as high-pressure zones over Australia and the Tasman link up: Southland stays windy, cold and wet while Northland and eastern areas from Northland to Canterbury look at just 5-30mm of rain through to 2 October.
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department says a low may form over the north Andaman Sea by Saturday or Sunday and could deepen into a depression and then a cyclone; its likely track is toward Odisha, but rainfall over Bangladesh is expected to rise after 23 September.
August 2026 tied July 2023 as the hottest month ever measured globally, with Utah, Colorado and New Mexico recording their hottest summers in 132 years; AccuWeather says a 'Super El Niño' is near-certain, peaking around December, favouring a wetter southern US and a drier northern Plains.
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department expects rain or thundershowers with gusty winds across the country in the 120 hours from 9am Thursday, with moderately heavy falls in places and relief from the mild heat wave over Dhaka, Faridpur, Rangpur, Jashore and Khulna.
EnvironmentNutrien's Eric Snodgrass explains the 8-16 August deluge that put 9 to 10 inches on Paxton, Danville and Bloomington-Normal: a Bermuda High fed Gulf moisture north while Texas heat pushed a stationary front into the Corn Belt, and low-lying fields lost crop to hypoxia.
After heavy loss of life in Nepal and Tibet, the question is whether a flood produced by three or four hours of rain can be forecast at all.
Accurate, location-based weather forecasts and early warnings are becoming one of the most important tools for Bangladeshi farmers facing climate change.
Fifteen days of on-off and heavy rain have flooded hundreds of acres of vegetables in Ishwardi, Pabna, leaving crops rotting and farmers in trouble.
Heavy rain in parts of the country and upstream could cause short-term flooding in 10 districts of three divisions within 24 to 48 hours, the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre said.
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department says heavy monsoon rain may cause short-term floods in parts of the north, north-east and south-east in August, and a depression may form in the Bay of Bengal.
EnvironmentOn 20 July 2026 the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre said floods could develop or worsen within 24 to 48 hours in low-lying riverside areas of the Rangpur, Sylhet, Mymensingh and Rajshahi regions, with flash floods possible in places.
Heavy to very heavy rain may cause floods in eight districts in the next 24 to 72 hours, with rivers flowing at warning level and low-lying areas at risk of inundation.
EnvironmentOn 18 July 2026 the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre warned that heavy rain could bring short-term floods within 24 to 72 hours to low-lying riverside areas of five Rangpur division districts and of Sylhet and Sunamganj.
