Bhubaneswar: The Odisha capital recorded 31.6 degree Celsius by 8.30 am on Monday amid IMD’s forecast that nor’wester or thunderstorm may bring down day temperature by 2-3 degrees Celsius in several places in Odisha in the next 2-3 days.
With heatwave sweeping the state, the day temperature has been hovered around 40 degree Celsius in the capital city and several other places for past few days.
According to the MeT office, thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and gusty surface wind may prevail at isolated places in 19 districts – Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal and Angul – on Monday. There will be an increase in such activities from Tuesday, it added.
The weatherman said the thunderstorm will support the slight dip in mercury level at some places during the next three-four days.
Director of the Centre for Environment and Climate (CEC) Sarat Chandra Sahu said coastal districts may experience a sip in the day temperature from April 22. “The mercury hovering will continue to hover between 41 and 43 degrees in interior Odisha,” he said.
On Sunday, Jharsuguda recorded the day’s highest of 43 degree Celsius followed by Boudh and Sambalpur at 42.5 degree Celsius and 42.4 degree Celsius respectively. The twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack recorded 40 degree Celsius each, three degrees above the normal.
