Bhubaneswar: Heavy rain may resume in Odisha from August 6, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed on Sunday.
The weather agency has warned of thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph in several districts of the state for three days.
August 3: Yellow warning for Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam and Gajapati.
August 4: Yellow warning for Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada and Koraput.
August 5: Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Balangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj.
Heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorm/lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph may resume in Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Gajapati, Ganjam and Rayagada on August 6. Thunderstorm/lightning along with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph is also likely in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh,Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Balangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur, Koraput and Malkangiri.
On August 7, heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorm/lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph may continue in Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Sundargarh , Gajapati, Ganjam, Rayagada and Koraput. Thunderstorm/lightning along with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph is also likely in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur and Malkangiri.
Though there is no weather warning thereafter, light to moderate rain may continue at several places across the state during the subsequent 5 days.
Notably, the IMD, in its extended range outlook (cyclogenesis) on July 31, had forecast formation of an upper-air cyclonic circulation/low pressure area over the southwest Bay of Bengal off north Tamil Nadu-south Andhra Pradesh coasts towards the end of this week.