Bhubaneswar: The southwest monsoon arrived in Odisha on time despite a delayed entry into Kerala.
The monsoon usually takes 10 to 14 days to arrive in Odisha after hitting the Kerala coast. After a delay of few days, the monsoon clouds had reached Kerala on June 3.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday said that the southwest monsoon had covered Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Gajpati, Ganjam districts and parts of Bargarh, Balangir, Sonepur, Boudh, Kandhamal, Nayagarh, Khurda and Puri districts of Odisha.
“Conditions are favorable for further advancement of southwest monsoon into remaining parts of Odisha during the next 48 hours,” it added.
The IMD further said that a low-pressure area is likely to form over the northwest Bay of Bengal and the neighbourhood and become more marked during the subsequent 24 hours. This will trigger widespread rainfall activity with isolated heavy to very heavy and isolated extremely heavy in Odisha till June 14.
Also thunderstorm with moderate to severe lightning activity is very likely in some places of north Odisha during next 24 hours. People have been advised to keep watch on the weather and accordingly move to safer places to protect themselves from lightning strikes.
RAIN FORECAST
June 10
Orange Warning (Be prepared)
Heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at a few places in Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khordha, Boudh, Ganjam, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Sonepur, Balangir, Nayagarh and Angul.
Yellow Warning (Be updated)
Heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at isolated places in Bhadrak, Kendrapada, Jajpur, Cuttack, Gajapati, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Nuapada, Bargarh, Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda and Sambalpur.
June 11
Red Warning(Take action)
Heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at a few places with extremely heavy falls at isolated places in Kandhamal, Boudh, Kalahandi, Balangir, Nayagarh, Sonepur, Khordha, Puri and Jagatsinghpur.
Orange Warning (Be prepared)
Heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at isolated places in Ganjam, Cuttack, Angul, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Nabarangpur, Nuapada.
Yellow Warning (Be updated)
Heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at isolated places in Rayagada, Gajapati, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Deogarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur and Dhenkanal.
June 12
Red Warning (Take action)
Heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at a few places with extremely heavy falls at isolated places in Nuapada, Balangir, Sonepur, Bargarh, Kalahandi, Boudh, Sambalpur, Angul and Nabarangpur.
Orange Warning (Be prepared)
Heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at isolated places in Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Kandhamal, Nayagarh, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, and Deogarh.
Yellow Warning (Be updated)
Heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at isolated places in Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Khurda, Puri, Gajapati and Ganjam.
June 13
Orange Warning (Be prepared)
Heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at isolated places in Nuapada, Bolangir, Bargarh, Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Sonepur and Jharsuguda
Yellow Warning (Be updated)
Heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at isolated places in Nabarangpur, Malkangiri, Koraput, Kalahandi, Boudh, Angul, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore and Deogarh.
June 14
Yellow Warning (Be updated)
Heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at isolated places in Jharsuguda and Sundargarh.
Squally weather with surface wind speed reaching 40 -50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph is very likely over the central Bay of Bengal adjoining North Bay Bengal till June 12 and along and off Odisha coast and North Bay of Bengal adjoining west-central Bay Bengal from June 11 to June 14, it added.
