Bhubaneswar: The night temperature across Odisha is expected to drop by 2–4°C during the next three days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed on Tuesday.
The mercury levels in the state capital, which recorded a night temperature of 20°C this morning, almost 4 degrees more than normal, may drop to 13°C by December 5. Similarly, Cuttack may also record 14°C during the next seven days.
Jharsuguda was the only place in the state to record below normal temperature of 11.5°C in the last 24 hours. Dense fog also occurred in Kalahandi, Kandhamal and Sundargarh districts, and shallow to moderate fog in Sonepu
r and Jharsuguda.
Dense fog warning continues for one or two places in the districts of Koraput, Sundargarh, Kalahandi, Kandhamal and Jharsuguda till December 4 morning.
Meanwhile, the Depression (Remnant of Cyclonic Storm Ditwah) persisted over southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas of westcentral Bay of Bengal, North Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & South Andhra Pradesh coasts. The minimum distance of the centre of the Depression from north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts was about 25 km at 8.30 am.
“The system is likely to continue to move slowly southwestwards towards the north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts and maintain its intensity of depression till evening. Thereafter, it is very likely to weaken into a well-marked low-pressure area during the subsequent 12 hours while moving towards the coast,” it added.
Under the influence of the system, several districts in Odisha – Dhenkanal, Gajapati, Ganjam, Jharsuguda, Keonjhar, Koraput, Nayagarh, Rayagada, Sambalpur, Sonepur and Sundargarh – experience light rain on Monday.