Tag: Weather Forecast

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday issued rainfall and thunderstorm warning for several parts of Odisha. Light to moderate rain or thundershower likely to occur in several parts…

New Delhi: In a significant development, India Meteorological Department’s sub-division of Jammu and Kashmir has started including cities under Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir in its forecasts, a departure from its earlier format, officials said on Thursday. The IMD has started including Gilgit-Baltistan and Muzaffarabad, which are parts of PoK, under the Jammu and Kashmir meteorological sub-division since May 5, […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday showered praises on the India Meteorological Department (IMD), saying weather forecast is getting better with time, a day after cyclone ‘Amphan’ rolled past its coast causing minimal damage in the state. The government thanked IMD’s Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra for accurate predictions. The IMD’s predictions on the cyclone’s trajectory, […]

Bhubaneswar: After getting some respite from the scorching heat in the last couple of days, brace up for sultry days as the maximum temperature (Day temperature) is likely to rise…

New Delhi: The month of June ended with “excess” rainfall, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday, forecasting good precipitation in July. According to the IMD data, the overall rainfall in June was 118 per cent of the Long Period Average (LPA), which is considered excess rainfall. It was also the wettest June in […]

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has sounded a low-pressure alert over eastern parts of the country including Odisha in the first week of August. As per latest reports, the rainfall intensity and the distribution is likely to increase over east India with isolated heavy to very heavy downpour from August 4 onwards as a […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has seen a 17% drop in the overall rainfall since first week of June till 2nd August, informed HR Biswas, the director of Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar. A total of 488.1 millimetre rainfall was registered in this period which is a 17% drop in comparison to the long period average of 586.8 […]

Bhubaneswar: Under the impact of low pressure and a monsoon trough line passing through Odisha, heavy rainfall is likely to batter many parts of the State in the next 4 days, said the Meteorological Centre here on Monday. This is the second instance of heavy showers pounding Odisha under the influence of a LOPAR over […]

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for two districts of Odisha – Malkangiri and Koraput in the wake of heavy rainfall due to formation of a low-pressure area (LOPAR) over North-West Bay of Bengal. Reportedly, this is the third instance of heavy showers pounding Odisha under […]

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued yellow warning for thunderstorm and lightning for 11 districts of Odisha. The alert has been issued for Koraput, Malkangiri, Rayagada, Gajapati,…

New Delhi: The government is planning to use more hi-tech methods for accurate weather forecast. Union Minister Harsh Vardhan said there is a plan to purchase an aircraft at a cost of Rs 250 crore, which will help in accurate weather prediction in different parts of the country. The Ministry of Earth Sciences, Ministry of […]

Bhubaneswar: With heavy rain battering many areas of Odisha for the last two days, the Regional Meteorological Department here has predicted more showers in the entire coastal belt as well as interior and southern region. Rainfall activity is likely to continue till October 5 under the impact of a low-pressure area over Northwest and adjoining […]

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a heavy to very heavy rainfall warning for several places in Odisha, Andhra, Telangana and Karnataka under the impact of a low-pressure area (LOPAR) likely to form over north Andaman Sea and adjoining East-central Bay of Bengal on October 9 (tomorrow). As per Met prediction, the LOPAR […]

Bhubaneswar: Rain and thunderstorm activities will continue in several parts of Odisha till April 15, predicted India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday. As per the latest forecast, moderate rain or…

Bhubaneswar: Just when it looked like the cold wave conditions have receded in the State, the IMD’s Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar has predicted that parts of Odisha will experience cold weather again as night temperature is expected to fall in the next two days. The night temperature in Odisha’s interior districts may fall by […]