Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday forecast a drop in the day temperature by 2-3°C during the next 3 days amid intense thunderstorm activity, triggered by trough running from southeast Uttar Pradesh to north interior Odisha across Chhattisgarh.
The weather agency has issued an orange warning of thunderstorm accompanied with lightning, hail and gusty surface wind (50-60 kmph) in the afternoon/evening hours at one or two places in the districts of Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Gajapati and Rayagada on April 30; and Mayurbhanj and Balasore on May 1.
People have been advised to keep watch on weather and move to safer places during the thunderstorm activity to protect from lightning and follow traffic advisories in urban areas. “Harvesting of crops may be regulated judicially and farmers are advised to use hail nets to protect vegetables and crops from hail,” it added.
Squally weather with wind speed reaching 50-60 kmph occasionally gusting to 70 kmph may also prevail along & off the coast on April 30.
Yellow warning of thunderstorm accompanied by lightning and gusty surface wind (40-50 kmph) has also been sounded during afternoon/evening hours in Keonjhar, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Angul, Dhenkanal, Deogarh, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Malkangiri, Koraput and Nabarangpur on April 30; and Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri, Keonjhar and Nabarangpur on May 1.
Similar weather conditions with wind speed of 30-40 kmph may also occur in Bargarh, Balangir, Boudh, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nuapada and Sonepur on April 30 and Dhenkanal, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Kandhamal and Sundargarh on May 1.
Hot and humid conditions may also prevail at isolated places in Balangir, Kalahandi, Angul, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Boudh, Nuapada, Sonepur, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam and Gajapati districts on these two days.
According to the midday bulletin, thunderstorm activity with wind speed ranging from 40-50 kmph and 30-40 kmph may continue in several districts of the state till May 6.
May 2: Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Angul, Boudh anf Kandhamal.
May 3: Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Balangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur, Koraput, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Balasore.
May 4: Balasore, Bhadrak, Gajapati, Rayagada, Koraput, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Angul, Dhenkanal, Boudh, Kandhamal, Malkangiri and Nabarangpur.
May 5: Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Ganjam, Gajapati and Rayagada.
May 6: Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Rayagada, Balasore and Gajapati.
Wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph occasionally gusting to 60 kmph may prevail along & off the North Odisha Coast from May 1-4, it added.
