Bhubaneswar: The active depression formed over the south Bay of Bengal is likely to move north-northwestwards and intensify further into a deep depression during the next 12 hours. As a result many districts in Odisha are likely to experience light to moderate rainfall from November 28 to December 1, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday.
“Now, the system has taken the form of a depression and lays centered in the central part of south Bay of Bengal and other nearby areas and is expected to move towards north westwards and will intensify into a deep depression within next 24 hours,” informed Manorama Mohanty, Director IMD Bhubaneswar.
“Later, it will further move north westwards. It will mostly move towards Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka coasts. There will be no direct impact on Odisha. There are chances of slight rainfall in the districts of Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Balasore, Jagatsinghpur. However, there is very rare chance on rainfall,” she added.
At the same time, the minimum (night) temperatures are likely to increase by 2°C to 3°C and moderate to heavy fog is likely to occur in some areas of the state.
Meanwhile, G. Udayagiri was the coldest place in Odisha on Monday recording a minimum temperature of 8.2°C. Phulbani recorded 10°C, Bhawanipatna and Daringibadi 11°C, Rourkela 11.2°C, Jharsuguda 11.5°C, Sundargarh, Bolangir and Koraput 11.8°C, Nabarangpur 12.5°C, Angul 13°C, Boudh 13.5°C, Keonjhar 13.5°C and Bhadrak 14°C.
