Cyclonic Storm On Dec 3: 70mm Rainfall In Bhubaneswar On Dec 4; AP, WB On Radar

INCOIS and ECMWF predict landfall in Andhra Pradesh, GFS, ACCESS bet on West Bengal. The consensus is Odisha will witness heavy rain and enough wind to damage crops

Cyclonic Storm On Dec 3!

News Summary

Under the impact of the system, Odisha will witness rainfall from the morning hours of Dec 3 onwards. By the morning hours of Dec 4, moderate to very heavy rains were predicted in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.

On Dec 5, the whole of the State is predicted to record moderate to very heavy rainfall under the impact of the system.

With the sea surface temperature in the whole of Bay of Bengal remaining red hot at 30 deg C, which then is cooking up a very high tropical cyclone heat potential of over 90 - 150 kilojoules across the sea, it seems the Bay is rolling out a red carpet for cyclone genesis in the month of December.

And this cyclonic affinity of the Bay of Bengal poses a big threat to the eastern coastal states of the country, including Odisha.