Low Pressure Over BoB To Intensify Into Depression; Extremely Heavy Rainfall Ahead For Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The low-pressure system over the eastcentral Bay of Bengal (BoB) and neighbourhood is likely to concentrate into a depression during next the 12 hours and move westnorthwestwards towards Odisha coast during the next 48 hours, the India Meteorological Department informed on Friday evening.

The low-pressure area has become well-marked and lies over eastcentral and adjoining northeast Bay of Bengal, it added.

Under its influence, there will be fairly widespread light to moderate rainfall activity with isolated heavy falls from September 25 and 28. Also widespread light to moderate rainfall activity with scattered heavy to very heavy (12-20 cm) with isolated extremely heavy falls (>20 cm) is very likely on September 26 and 27 in some districts of Odisha, the IMD said in its special bulletin.

“It may cause temporary waterlogging in some places of low lying areas in some districts for which drainage of excess water may be required from agriculture field. Also temporarily waterlogging and traffic disruption may occur in low-lying areas of some cities in the districts due to heavy rainfall activity,” it added.

RAIN FORECAST

September 25

Yellow Warning (Be updated)

Heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at isolated places in Bhadrak, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khordha, Nayagarh and Ganjam

September 26

Red Warning (Take action)

Heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places with extremely heavy (>20cm) falls at one or two places in  Kandhamal, Ganjam, Rayagada and Gajapati.

Orange warning (Be prepared)

Heavy to very heavy rainfall at one or two places in Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Kalahandi, Nawarangpur, Koraput and Malkangiri.

Yellow Warning (Be updated)

Heavy rainfall at one or two places in Bhadrak, Kendrapada, Jajpur, Dhenkanal, Boudh, Sonepur, Balangir and Nuapada.

September 27

Orange warning (Be prepared)

Heavy to very heavy rainfall at one or two places in Nuapada, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Nawarangpur, Rayagada, Koraput and Malkangiri.

Yellow Warning (Be updated)

Heavy rainfall at isolated places in Boudh, Balangir, Sonepur, Ganjam, Gajapati and Nayagarh.

September 28

Yellow Warning (Be updated)

Heavy rainfall at one or two places in Koraput, Malkangiri, Nawarangpur, Nuapada, Kalahandi, and Balangir.

WIND WARNING

Squally weather with wind speed reaching 45-55kmph gusting 65 kmph likely over deep-sea areas of west-central adjoining north Bay of Bengal during September 25 and 26 and over westcentral adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal, along and off Odisha coast, from September 25to 27.

Fishermen have been advised against venture into the deep sea areas during this period as sea conditions will be rough to very rough over northwest and adjoining westcentral Bay of Bengal and along and off Odisha coast.