Bhubaneswar: Squally wind speed reaching 35-45 gusting to 55 kmph is likely to prevail over North Bay of Bengal & along and off North Odisha coast during the next 24 hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed on Sunday.
According to the weather agency, thunderstorm activity along with light to moderate rain may continue in the state till October 8, under the influence of a trough that persists from north Bihar & neighbourhood to north Odisha across Jharkhand.
Light to moderate rain or thunderstorm along with Lightning and gusty wind may occur at one or two places in the districts of Jagatsinghpur, Khurda, Ganjam, Rayagada, Bargarh, Cuttack, Puri, Dhenkanal and Bargarh till 4.10 pm on Sunday (October 5).
Thunderstorm accompanied by lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph is also likely in Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam and Gajapati districts for two days.
On October 7-8, similar weather conditions may prevail in the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Dhenkanal, Angul, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri.
However, the state may experience more rains amid forecast about a fresh cyclonic circulation/low pressure area over north Bay of Bengal around October 9.
According to IMD’s extended rage outlook, IMD-GFS model is indicating the development of an upper air cyclonic circulation over north Andaman Sea around October 5 with north-northwestwards movement towards north Bay of Bengal and formation of a low-pressure area over north Bay of Bengal around October 9.
Meanwhile, the severe cyclonic storm ‘Shakhti’ has moved over northwest and adjoining westcentral Arabian Sea, about 250 km southeast of Ras Al Hadd (Oman), 300 km east of Masirah (Oman), 700 km southwest of Karachi (Pakistan), 770 km west-southwest of Naliya and 770 km west of Dwarka. It is likely to continue to move westsouthwestwards till morning of October 6 and weaken gradually. Thereafter, it will recurve and move nearly eastwards over westcentral & adjoining northeast Arabian Sea and continue to weaken further.
