Bhubaneswar: Though the cyclonic circulation over northwest Bay of Bengal & adjoining north Odisha coast has become less marked, heavy rain may continue to lash the state till July 29, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed on Thursday.
The weather agency has warned of heavy rainfall at one or two places in the districts of Baleshwar and Mayurbhanj on July 23. Thunderstorm accompanied by lightning and gusty surface wind (30-40 kmph) may also occur in Baleshwar, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Kataka, Sundaragada, Jharsuguda, Baragada, Sambalpur, Debagada, Anugola, Dhenkanal, Kendujhar, Mayurbhanj, Puri and Khordha.
Squally weather with wind speed reaching 35-45 kmph occasionally gusting to 55 kmph may also prevail along & off the
North Odisha coast.
On July 24, heavy rainfall may continue at one or two places in the districts of Baleshwar, Kendujhar and Mayurbhanj. Thunderstorm accompanied by lightning and gusty surface wind (30-40 kmph) may also occur in Baleshwar,
Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Jagatsingpur, Kataka, Sundaragada, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Kendujhar, Mayurbhanj and Gajapati.
On July 25, heavy rainfall may occur at one or two places in the districts of Baleshwar, Sundaragada, Kendujhar, and Mayurbhanj. Thunderstorm accompanied by lightning and gusty surface wind (30-40 kmph) is also likely in Baleshwar, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Kataka, Sundaragada, Jharsuguda, Baragada, Sambalpur, Debagada, Anugola, Dhenkanal, Kendujhar and Mayurbhanj.
While there is no heavy rain warning for subsequent two days, thunderstorm accompanied by lightning and gusty surface wind (30-40 kmph) may continue in Baleshwar, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Kataka, Sundaragada, Kendujhar, Mayurbhanj, Gajapati, Ganjam, Puri, Khordha and Nayagada on July 26; and Baleshwar, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Kataka, Kendujhar, Mayurbhanj, Gajapati, Ganjam, Puri, Khordha and Nayagada on July 27.
Heavy rain may resume at one or two places in Sundaragada, Kendujhar and Mayurbhanj on July 28-29, with no large change thereafter. Light to moderate rain or thundershower may also occur at many places across the state from July 23-29.