Bhubaneswar: Heat wave condition is likely to occur at one or two places over Bolangir, Nuapada, Jharsuguda, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Khurda and Gajapati during next 24 hours even as the condition is favourable for the advance of south-west monsoon.
Similarly, thunderstorms with lightning accompanied with gusty surface wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Angul, Dhenkanal, Boudh, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri, Bolangir, Sonepur, Sambalpur, an IMD bulletin stated.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that conditions are favourable for further advance of the Southwest Monsoon into some more parts of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Northwest Bay of Bengal, some parts of Gangetic West Bengal, remaining parts of Sub Himalayan West Bengal and some parts of Bihar and Jharkhand during next 2-3 days.
Heat wave conditions prevailed at one or two places over the districts of Jharsuguda & Bolangir of Interior Odisha. Warm night condition persisted at one or two places over the district of Bolangir of South Interior Odisha.
Light to Moderate Rainfall has occurred at a few places over the districts of coastal Odisha and at one or two places over the districts of interior Odisha.
The highest maximum temperature of 43.0°C was recorded at Nuapada and the lowest minimum temperature of 22.7°C was recorded at Hirakud in the plains of Odisha.
