Bhubaneswar: Some places in Odisha are likely to experience rain on Monday as the Deep Depression (Remnant of Cyclonic Storm Ditwah) over southwest Bay of Bengal is expected to move slowly northwards parallel to North Tamil Nadu-Puducherry and south Andhra Pradesh coasts and weaken into a depression during the next 12 hours.
The Deep Depression was located about 40 km from north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts at 8.30 am.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast light rain at one or two places in the districts of Koraput, Malkangiri, Gajapati, Sundargarh, Deogarh, Angul, Sonepur, Boudh, Balangir, Kandhamal, Ganjam and Sambalpur.
The weather agency has also warned of dense fog in Sundargarh and Jharsuguda on December 2, and Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Koraput and Angul on December 3. The night temperature across Odisha will show no large change during the next 2 days, then fall by 2–4°C over the subsequent 3 days, and remain nearly steady thereafter.
Mercury may drop to 13°C in the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, which recorded below normal temperature of 16°C and 15.6°C respectively in the last 24 hours, it added
