With a low-pressure area over south Odisha headed towards north north-westwards, the Met department on Thursday forecast heavy rain in some places of West Bengal till Saturday morning.
Heavy to very heavy rain will occur at one or two places in East and West Midnapore, Jhargram, Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia districts of Gangetic West Bengal, the MeT said in its forecast.
It said that heavy rain is likely in Kolkata, North and South 24 Parganas, Murshidabad, East and West Burdwan, Nadia, Howrah, Hooghly, Malda, North and South Dinajpur districts of the state till Friday.
The Met department said that heavy to very heavy rain will occur in the North Bengal districts of Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Kalimpong, Nadia, Birbhum and Murshidabad till Saturday morning.
The weather is likely to get better from Saturday, it said.
Rainfall occurred at most places over Gangetic West Bengal on Thursday, with heavy downpour at one or two places in Purulia, Bankura and Birbhum districts, it added.