Bhubaneswar: The intensity of rainfall activity in Odisha may increase with the likely formation of a cyclonic circulation over Northwest Bay of Bengal & neighbourhood around September 4, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed on Thursday.
The MeT office has forecast heavy rain at some places in the state on September 2 and 4. Heavy Rainfall may occur at one or two in Malkangiri, Koraput, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Keonjhar, Jajpur and Kendrapada on September 2. During the subsequent 24 hours (September 3), heavy rain is likely at one or two places in Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Boudh, Sonepur, Balangir, Bargarh, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Balasore and Cuttack.
On September 4, heavy rainfall may occur at one or two places in Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Balangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Deogarh, Angul, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Dhenkanal, Cuttack and Sundargarh. There will be little change in the weather conditions thereafter.
The weather agency has also issued yellow warning of thunderstorm with lightning for several districts from August 31 to September 3.
Centre for Environment and Climate (CEC) at SOA University here had also forecast formation of a cyclonic circulation over east central and adjoining north-east Bay of Bengal off the Myanmar-Bangladesh coast on Wednesday with movement towards north-west Bay on September 2. “A low pressure area is likely to form in the afternoon of September 3 or morning of September 4 over northwest Bay of Bengal and the system might intensify into a depression on September 5,” a CEC bulletin said.
While light to moderate rainfall may continue from September 2, widespread precipitation with heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely at a few places between September 4 and 7 over the state. There is also a probability of very heavy rain over coastal, north and western Odisha and widespread rainfall with heavy fall at some places in south Odisha. Extremely heavy rain is likely to occur on September 5 and 6 and the spell of rainfall in the ensuing week could offset the deficit rainfall in some of the districts, it added.
Notably, Odisha has recorded 783.3 mm rainfall against its normal value of 914.5 mm till August 31 this monsoon season. While one district has received excess rain, 11 are deficient and the rest 18 districts in the normal category.
