Tag: Cold Wave

Sheets of ground frost as Mercury drops menacingly in Odisha.

It is pertinent to mention here that normal life across Odisha has been adversely hit due to intense cold wave conditions that have been prevailing for the past couple of days. 17 places in Odisha recorded temperature as low as 10 degree Celsius on Tuesday night.

In view of intense cold wave forecast, the Bhubaneswar Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has sounded a ‘Yellow Warning’ over several districts of Odisha for the next 48 hours.

Daringbadi recorded the season’s coldest night as the mercury plummeted to 3.5 degrees Celsius, making it the coldest place in the state.

Daringbadi in Kandhamal district witnessed biting cold conditions after mercury plummeted to 4 degree Celsius, throwing normal life out of gear.

The night temperature across Odisha is likely to fall by 2-3 degrees from today. As per latest weather reports, dry weather is likely to prevail over all districts during the next 5 days. In capital city Bhubaneswar, minimum temperature will hover around 13 degree Celsius.

As winter sets in, fog and chill cloak the mornings in rural areas of Koraput, Odisha.

As per the data provided by the Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar, after Phulbani, the tourist attraction Daringibadi and Koraput town, each recorded a minimum temperature of 7.5 degree Celcius.

Officials confirmed that the temperature will further plunge, ranging from 3 to 4 degrees Celsius from Friday.

Odisha is starting to experience severe cold wave as mercury has plummeted further in the state. Daringbadi, the Kashmir of Odisha, was the coldest with night temperature dropping in the area to 6.5 degree Celsius. While eight places recorded temperature below 10 degrees, twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar shivered at 12 degrees and 12.2 degrees, respectively.

The Bhubaneswar Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted rainfall followed by dipping temperature in the state in the next 24 hours.

The Regional Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Bhubaneswar informed that the trough in easterlies from Southwest Bay of Bengal (BoB) off North Sri Lanka Coast to Central parts of North BoB, currently runs from Sri Lanka to West Central BoB off Andhra Pradesh coast.

The Regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Bhubaneswar forecast a dip in temperature across Odisha, combined with light rainfall over few parts of the state in the coming days.

Cyclone Jawad which crossed the Odisha coast on Sunday (Dec 5) evening, has moved towards West Bengal. Now, latest forecast suggests that Cold Wave conditions are likely to intensify.

Several parts of Odisha are likely witness colder days ahead due to fall in temperature, informed the Bhubaneswar centre of India Meteorological department.