Bhubaneswar: Rain is set to spoilsport this Durga Puja with fresh back-to-back low-pressures areas hovering over Odisha.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), a low-pressure area is likely to form over North and adjoining central Bay of Bengal during the next 12 hours. Moving nearly westwards, the system may concentrate into a depression over northwest and adjoining westcentral Bay of Bengal off South Odisha- North Andhra Pradesh coasts on September 26 and cross South Odisha-North Andhra Pradesh coasts the following day.
Heavy to extremely heavy rainfall is likely in South Odisha on September 26-27. The IMD has issued an orange warning for Koraput, Malkangiri and Nabarangpur districts. There is also a yellow warning of heavy rain for the districts of Rayagada, Gajapati, Ganjam, Puri, Balasore, Khurda, Kalahandi , Nayagarh Kandhamal, Nabarangpur, Koraput and Malkangiri.
The IMD’s extended range outlook has also forecast formation of a low-pressure area over North and adjoining central Bay of Bengal around October 1. “There is a low to moderate probability for its intensification into a depression over northwest Bay of Bengal around October 2,” it added.
The system may also trigger heavy to extremely heavy rainfall over Odisha, it added.
According to Director of SOA University’s Centre for Environment and Climate (CEC) Sarat Sahu, a cyclonic circulation may form over west-central and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal off south Odisha-north Andhra Pradesh coasts on October 1. It may intensify into a low pressure on October 2 and move in northeast direction towards north Odisha-West Bengal coasts, he said.