Tag: Odisha Weather

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

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.

Under its impact, light to moderate rain or thundershower is very likely to occur at a few places over the districts of north coastal Odisha and at isolated places over the rest of Odisha for 24 hours. However, there is no rainfall warning today.

As dark clouds of Cyclone Jawad lift, Puri skies light up in gold and crimson. These breathtaking visuals were shared by international sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik.

Cyclone Jawad: Odisha SRC On Changing Intensity, Wind Hazard, Rainfall

In a little good news as termed by the Odisha Special Relief Commissioner, the cyclonic storm Jawad is likely to weaken gradually in the next 12 hours.

The Bhubaneswar Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed that cyclone Jawad is likely to reach West Central Bay of Bengal (BoB) off North Andhra Pradesh–south Odisha coasts by tomorrow morning (Dec 4).

Cyclone Jawad: IMD briefs media on effect of new moon & high tides during cyclone approach

Cyclone Jawad: NDRF DG On Preparedness & Deployment Of Rescue & Restoration Teams

Cyclone Jawad: IMD chief on cyclone wind speed and how it compares to previous cyclones.

Winds at around 90 to 100 kmph are likely to lash the coast under the influence of the probable cyclonic storm heading towards Odisha and Andhra Pradesh coasts. The cyclonic storm is expected to reach Odisha and Andhra Pradesh Coasts on December 4th. This information was shared by India Meteorological Department DG, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra on Thursday.

The Low Pressure area has become well marked over southeast Bay of Bengal adjoining the Andaman Sea.

Red warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at a few places with extremely heavy (>20cm) falls at one or two places over the districts of Gajapati, Ganjam, Puri and Jagatsinghpur on December 4.

Amidst the threat of another cyclone hitting Odisha coast on Dec 4th, Bhubaneswar MeT Centre has said that the low pressure is active over the central area of Andaman Sea.