Bhubaneswar: As Odisha is feeling the winter chill with temperature plummeting below 20°C across the state, including the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Kataka, the India Meteorological Department on Monday predicted an additional 2 to 3°C drop over the next 24 hours.
While dry weather is likely to prevail across the state on November 9, the forecast indicates a shift in weather patterns over subsequent days with light to moderate rain or thundershowers expected at one or two places in Baleshwar, Bhadrak, Kendujhar, and Mayurbhanj on November 10, extending to Jajpur, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, and Kataka by November 11. Meanwhile, conditions in Bhubaneswar and its neighbourhood are expected to feature a partly cloudy sky with haze, with maximum and minimum temperatures hovering around 31°C and 19°C respectively.
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The weather agency data recorded at 8:30 AM showed that the minimum temperature in Bhubaneswar and Kataka had dropped to 18.9°C and 17.6°C respectively. The mercury took an even steeper dive in interior and high-altitude regions, where Similiguda recorded a hill station low of 12.2°C, Phulbani registered 14°C, and Bhawanipatna and Daringbadi settled at 15°C each.