Bhubaneswar: A low-pressure area has formed over northwest Bay of Bengal off Odisha-West Bengal coasts, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed on Tuesday.
The system is likely to move west northwestwards and become more marked during the next 2 days, it added.
The weather agency has warned of isolated heavy rainfall in Odisha for four days. Heavy to very heavy rainfall may occur on August 26-27. An orange warning has been issued for districts of Gajapati, Rayagada, Nayagarh and Kandhamal on these two days. Squally weather with wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph may also prevail along & off Odisha coasts and over North Bay of Bengal from August 26-29.
On August 26, heavy to very heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorm/lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph may occur in Gajapati and Rayagada districts. Heavy rain along with thunderstorm/lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph is also likely at one or two places in Koraput, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Ganjam, Nayagarh and Malkangiri. There is also a warning of thunderstorm/lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph for one or two places in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada and Balangir.
On August 27, heavy to very heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorm/lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph may occur in Nayagarh and Kandhamal districts. Heavy rain along with thunderstorm/lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph is also likely at one or two places in Khurda, Puri, Cuttack, Boudh, Koraput and Malkangiri.
There is also a warning of thunderstorm/lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph for one or two places in Balasore, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Ganjam, Gajapati,Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj,Sonepur, Nuapada, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Rayagada.
Heavy rain may continue during the subsequent two days.
