Bhubaneswar: Thunderstorm with lightning is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, and Cuttack during the next 24 hours, said the midday weather bulletin of the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD’s) Meteorological Centre here today.
The IMD has issued a yellow alert for the aforementioned districts.
Light to moderate rain or thunderstorm is very likely to occur at a few places over the districts of North Odisha and at one or two places over the districts of South Odisha during the next 24 hours, the bulletin stated.
The IMD in its forecast has said that the sky in Bhubaneswar and its neighbourhood will remain partly cloudy with the possibility of moderate rain/thunderstorm with maximum and minimum temperature very likely to be around 36 degrees Celsius and 26 degrees Celsius respectively during the next 24 hours.
The IMD’s forecast and warning for the next four days is as follows:
On Day-2 (valid from 0830 hrs IST of 24.05.2022 up to 0830 hrs IST of 25.05.2022)
Light to moderate rain or thunderstorm is very likely to occur at many places over the districts of North Odisha & South Coastal Odisha and at a few places over the districts of South Interior Odisha.
Yellow Warning: 1. Thunderstorm with lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of North Coastal Odisha, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Angul, Dhenkanal and Thunderstorm with lightning is very likely to occur at one or two places over the rest districts of North Odisha, South Coastal Odisha and Kandhamal. 2. Heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Keonjhar, Jajpur, Cuttack, and Dhenkanal.
On Day-3 (valid from 0830 hrs IST of 25.05.2022 up to 0830 hrs IST of 26.05.2022)
Light to moderate rain or thunderstorm is very likely to occur at a few places over the districts of Coastal Odisha, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Dhenkanal, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Koraput and at one or two places over the rest districts of Odisha.
Yellow Warning: Thunderstorm with lightning is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati,, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Dhenkanal, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Koraput.
On Day-4 (valid from 0830 hrs IST of 26.05.2022 up to 0830 hrs IST of 27.05.2022)
Light to moderate rain or thunderstorm is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, Ganjam, Kandhamal, Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Balasore, Dhenkanal and dry weather very likely to prevail over the rest districts of Odisha.
On Day-5 (valid from 0830 hrs IST of 27.05.2022 up to 0830 hrs IST of 28.05.2022)
Light to moderate rain or thunderstorm is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts Malkangiri, Koraput, Nawarangpur, Kalahandi, Rayagada, Gajapati, Ganjam, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, and dry weather is very likely to prevail over the rest districts of Odisha.
