Odisha Weather Update: Heavy Rainfall To Lash Several Districts Of State

Amid reports of a cyclonic circulation forming over the Bay of Bengal (BoB), the regional Centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a ‘yellow warning’ for 7 districts of the state for the next 24 hours. As per the Met Centre’s forecast, during this period, heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Odisha.

These districts are - Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Gajapati, Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar. Yellow warning has also been issued on account of expected thunderstorm and lightning activity over several districts of the state.

The forecast for Bhubaneswar suggests cloudy sky with one or two spells of rain or thundershowers. The capital city will likely experience maximum temperature of 35 degrees Celsius while the minimum temperature could be around 25 degrees Celsius in the next 24 hours.

Meanwhile, a cyclonic circulation is likely to form over westcentral and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal around August 15th. IMD’s Bhubaneswar centre said that the cyclonic storm may lead to formation of a Low Pressure Area over the same region during subsequent 48 hours.