Heavy Rain May Continue In Odisha Today; Monsoon Withdrawal To Start By Sept 25

Bhubaneswar: Heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorm and lightning is likely to lash some districts of Odisha on Friday.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rainfall (7 to 11cm)  at one or two places in Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Malkangiri, Koraput and Nabarangpur till 8.30 am on Saturday. Yellow warning of thunderstorm with lightning has also been sounded for one or two places in Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Deogarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Angul, Dhenkanal, Balasore, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Khurda, Puri, Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Nuapada and Bargarh districts. Light to moderate rain/thundershower may also occur at many places across the state.

While there is no heavy rain warning for Odisha on September 23, thunderstorm with lightning may occur at one or two places in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Khurda, Puri, Ganjam, Kandhamal, Angul, Dhenkanal, Nayagarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj and Sundargarh with light to moderate rain/thundershower at many places across the state.

The weather agency further said that light to moderate rain/thundershower is likely to continue at a few places in the state during the next three days with little change in the weather condition during the subsequent two days.

While conditions are becoming favourable for withdrawal of Southwest Monsoon from parts of West Rajasthan by September 25, heavy rain may resume in Odisha with the IMD predicting likely formation of a cyclonic circulation over eastcentral Bay of Bengal at the end of September and its intensification into a low pressure area  in the first week of October with a low probability of cyclogenesis over the same region.

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According to the extended weather outlook, fairly widespread rain/thundershower is likely in Odisha from September 29-October 5.  “Overall rainfall activity likely to be slightly above normal. Isolated heavy to very heavy rain is likely in some districts of Odisha during this week,” it added.

Notably, the state has recorded 1077.0 mm rainfall against the norma of 1107.2 mm till September 22 this monsoon season. While two districts have received excess rain and 25 are in the normal category, only three have recoded a shortfall.