After receiving deficit rainfall this monsoon, Odisha is set to receive more rainfall after August 15. This rainfall is likely to be triggered by a low pressure which is expected to form over the Bay of Bengal (BoB). This information was given by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Director General, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra on Thursday (Aug 12).
The regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Bhubaneswar sounded a ‘Yellow Warning’ for 19 districts of Odisha over expected thunderstorms and lightning in the next 24 hours.
The Bhubaneswar regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued yellow warning for as many as 20 districts. In the latest weather forecast, a yellow warning has been issued for 20 districts over expected thunderstorm with lightning during the next 24 hours.
Citing that the Southwest Monsoon has been subdued in Odisha, the India Meteorological Centre (IMD) has predicted heavy rainfall and thundershowers in the next couple of days.
In view of forecast of heavy rainfall, the regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow warning in several districts of Odisha till June 27. While the cyclonic circulation over south Bangladesh and adjoining northeast Bay of Bengal is still prevalent, the weather department has said that the effects of the currently active southwest monsoon will be felt intensely in Odisha in the coming days.
The low pressure area over Northwest Bay of Bengal is likely to become more marked in the next 2-3 days. As per the regional centre of the India Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar the system is likely to move west-northwestwards across Odisha, Jharkhand and North Chhattisgarh.
A low pressure area is likely to form over North Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood around June 11, 2021. This is likely to trigger very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in several parts of Odisha, warned the India Meteorological Department.
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