Bhubaneswar: The low-pressure area formed over the east-central Bay of Bengal and its neighbourhood under the influence of Wednesday’s cyclonic circulation is likely to induce heavy rainfall in several districts for the next three days.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday stated that the system will move in the west-northwest direction in the next 24 hours, it added.
However, there will be no cyclone. Director General of India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Delhi, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, said, “As predicted there will no cyclone and the low pressure area formed as a result of cyclonic formation over the BoB will move towards South Odisha and North Andhra Pradesh coast by October 15.”
“Under its influence light to heavy rains are likely to occur in several parts of Odisha till October 17. Coastal Odisha is likely to get rains from Thursday and it will gradually expand to the interior Odisha,” Mohapatra said.
The system will cross Odisha and Andhra coast as a low pressure area and there is not any indication of cyclone.
The forecast for next three days is as follows:
Yellow Warning
Till October 15 morning: Thunderstorm with lightning very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Dhenkanal.
October 15 to 16 morning:
Thunderstorm with lightning very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Kandhamal and Rayagada.
October 16 to 17 morning:
Heavy rainfall very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur and Puri.
Thunderstorm with lightning very likely to occur at one or two places in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Angul,
Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Koraput, Malkangiri, Rayagada and Kandhamal.
October 17 to 18 morning: Heavy rainfall very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Mayurbhanj, Balasore and Bhadrak.
WIND
Squally weather with surface wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph very likely over central Bay of Bengal off Odisha coast during October 14 & 15 and over Central Bay of Bengal and north Bay of Bengal off Odisha coast during October 16 & 18.
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