Weather Alert: Cyclonic Circulation Brings Overcast Skies, Drizzle To Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: Several parts of Odish including the Capital City witnessed cloudy skies and light rain fall today under the influence of the cyclonic circulation over Coastal Andhra Pradesh.

As per the IMD Regional Centre in Bhubaneswar, several parts of Odisha are likely to receive rainfall and thunderstorm till Sunday under the impact of the cyclonic circulation.

Light to moderate rain or thundershower are very likely to occur at a few places over the districts of Nabarangpur, Malkangiri, Koraput, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Rayagada, Kandhamal, Gajapati  and Bolangir and light to moderate rain or thundershower very likely to occur at one or two places over the rest districts of Odisha.

Yellow warning has been issued for the districts of Nabarangpur, Malkangiri, Koraput, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Rayagada, Kandhamal, Gajapati, Bolangir, Ganjam and Sonepur during the period.

“Nabarangpur, Malkangiri, Koraput, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Rayagada, Kandhamal, Gajapati, Bolangir, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj and other coastal districts are likely to witness light to moderate rain or thundershower under the influence of the cyclonic circulation. The weather condition is likely to prevail till Sunday. Most of the districts are likely to witness dry weather on Monday,” said weather expert Ajay Kumar Nayak.

Similarly, light to moderate rain or thundershower very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, Nawarangpur, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj and dry weather most likely to prevail over the rest districts of Odisha between 8.30 am of February 20 and 8.30 am of February 21.

The Met Centre informed that light to moderate rain/thundershower has occurred at many places over the districts of South Interior Odisha and at one or two places over North Interior and South Coastal Odisha.

(Edited by Pradeep Singh)