Bhubaneswar: Heavy rain may resume in Odisha from September 23, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed on Friday.
With no significant synoptic system in the region, thunderstorm activity may also continue in the state for 5 days.
Thunderstorm along with lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph may occur at one or two places in the districts of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Balangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri and Balasore on September 19-20.
Similar weather conditions may prevail in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Angul, Boudh, Kandhamal, Rayagada on September 21-22.
The weather agency has warned of heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorm/lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph at one or two places in Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj districts on September 23.
Thunderstorm along with lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph may occur at one or two places in the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati,Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, , Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Balangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Koraput and Malkangiri.
On September 24, heavy rain along with thunderstorm/lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph may continue to lash Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj.
It further warned of heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorm/lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph at one or two places in Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj and Sundargarh on September 25.
There will be no large change in the weather conditions during the subsequent 3 days, it added.
Fresh Low Pressure Brew Over Bay
In its extended range outlook, the IMD has forecast formation of two fresh low-pressure areas over the Bay of Bengal next week.
The cyclonic circulation over North Andaman Sea and adjoining Myanmar coast is likely to move slowly north-northwestwards along Myanmar coast and reach eastcentral & adjoining northeast Bay of Bengal off Myanmar coast by September 21. Thereafter, it is likely to move northwestwards across north Bay of Bengal and under its influence, a low-pressure area is likely to form over north Bay of Bengal around September 23.
It further stated that another low-pressure area is likely to form over northeast Bay of Bengal around September 26. “There is a moderate probability of its further intensification into a depression over northwest Bay of Bengal around September 27. It is likely to move west-northwestwards, cross Odisha coast on the same day and move across central India during the subsequent 2 days,” it said
