Dense fog enveloped places like Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Kendrapara, Rourkela, Angul, and Phulbani while the minimum visibility in Bhubaneswar was recorded at 100 metres. Due to foggy conditions, vehicular movement in most parts of the state was disrupted.
As a result, several districts are likely to experience cold conditions for some more days.
IMD informed that light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning is very likely at isolated places over Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra on January 9 and 10 and over Gujarat on January 9 .
Light to moderate rainfall is also likely over south Peninsular India with isolated heavy rainfall over Tamil Nadu and Kerala during the next 3-4 days, said IMD.
The minimum temperature is likely to be above normal by 2 to 3 degrees Celsius at many places over the districts of Odisha during the next five days.
The IMD weather predictions made for January till March stated that the rainfall during the period will be a little more than normal, particularly in the northern parts of the country.
The minimum temperature is likely to be above normal by 2 to 3 degrees Celsius in several districts of the state during the next five days. However, several parts of Odisha are likely to experience dense fog and a yellow warning in this regard has been issued by the IMD.
IMD informed that a cyclonic circulation lies over northwest Uttar Pradesh in lower tropospheric levels. The weather agency has predicted that cold day to severe cold conditions are likely to prevail in several parts of the country in coming days.
Earlier, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted there would be no large change in the minimum temperature (Night temperature) over the districts of Odisha during the next five days.
As per the IMD, light to moderate rainfall is also likely at isolated places over Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Lakshadweep during the next 5 days.
The Twin Cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar recorded minimum temperature of 15.1 and 16 degree Celsius on Saturday, respectively.
As per the IMD, the minimum temperature (Night temperature) is likely to witness a slight rise of 2 to 3 degrees Celsius at several places over the districts of Odisha during the next 24 hours.
As per IMD, the minimum temperature is likely to rise by 2 to 4 degrees Celsius at several places over the districts of Odisha during the next two days and no large change thereafter.
Meteorologist Umashankar Das said that the winter chill that Odisha has been experiencing for the last several days will subside from Saturday, but most parts of the state will experience foggy conditions.
G. Udaygiri in Kandhamal district recorded the lowest minimum temperature of 5 degrees yesterday.
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