Monsoon Covers India Six Days Before Expected Date; Check IMD’s Orange Warning For Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Southwest Monsoon further advanced into the remaining parts of North Arabian Sea, Gujarat and Rajasthan on Saturday, covering entire India six days earlier than expected, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The monsoon was expected to cover the entire country by July 8.

Meanwhile, the regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar has forecast heavy rainfall due to a low pressure area that is likely to form over north Odisha and adjoining areas during the next 48 hours.

“A cyclonic circulation lies over Bangladesh & neighbourhood and extends up to 7.6 km above mean sea level tilting south westwards with height. Under its influence, a Low Pressure Area likely to form over north Odisha & neighbourhood during next 48 hours,” the Met Centre said.

“Under its influence widespread light to moderate rainfall activity with isolated heavy (7 to 11 cm) to very heavy (11 to 20 cm) rainfall at one or two places likely during next 4 to 5 days over some districts of Odisha. It may help ongoing agriculture activity, particularly sowing of kharif crops; however, it may cause temporarily water logging in low lying areas and traffic disruption in urban areas in the districts of heavy rainfall activity,” it said.

Forecast for next five days

July 3 (Till 8.30 am)

Yellow warning: Heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely to occur at isolated places over the districts of Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Sambalpur, Angul, Jajpur and Koraput and heavy rainfall over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Khordha, Puri, Nayagarh, Gajapati, Ganjam, Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Nuapada, Deogarh, Bargarh and Kalahandi.

July 3 (8.30 am) to July 4 (8.30 am

Orange warning: Heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely to occur at isolated places over the districts of Bargarh, Sambalpur, Keonjhar, Deogarh, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Dhenkanal and Angul.

Yellow warning: Heavy rainfall very likely to occur at isolated places over the districts of Boudh, Kalahandi, Bolangir, Nuapada, Kandhamal, Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Cuttack, Mayurbhanj, Jharsuguda, Sonepur, Sundargarh and Balasore.

July 4 (8.30 am) to July 5 (8.30 am

Orange warning: Heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely to occur at isolated places over the districts of Bhadrak, Kandhamal, Nayagarh, Cuttack, Jajpur, Dhenkanal and Angul.

Yellow warning: Heavy rainfall very likely to occur at isolated places over the districts of Balasore, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Sonepur, Bolangir, Nuapada, Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Sundargarh, Khordha, Boudh, Puri, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Deogarh, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj.

July 5 (8.30 am) to July 6 (8.30 am

Orange warning: Heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places with isolated extremely heavy falls very likely to occur over the districts of Gajapati, Ganjam, Kandhamal and Nayagarh.

Yellow warning: Heavy rainfall very likely to occur at isolated places over the districts of Boudh, Sonepur, Khordha, Sundargarh, Bargarh, Keonjhar, Angul, Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Cuttack, Jajpur and Deogarh.

July 6 (8.30 am) to July 7 (8.30 am

Heavy rainfall very likely to occur at isolated places over the districts of Nawarangpur, Kalahandi, Bargarh, Bolangir, Nuapada, Kandhamal, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Kendrapada, Gajapati, Ganjam, Malkangiri, Rayagada and Koraput.