Bhubaneswar: A low pressure area has formed over north and adjoining central Bay of Bengal on Monday. It is likely to intensify in the next 24 hours and move northwestwards towards Odisha coast.
Under its influence, fairly widespread or widespread light to moderate rainfall with isolated heavy falls and thunderstorm with lightning is very likely over Odisha during September 19 to 21. Isolated very heavy rainfall is also likely over Odisha during the same period.
Heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20cm) is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Puri, Khordha, Cuttack, Nayagarh, Jagatsinghpur, Boudh, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nawarangpur, and Koraput today (September 19).
Besides, heavy rainfall (7 to 11cm) is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Gajapati, Malkangiri, Rayagada, Khordha, Kendrapada, Bhadrak, Balasore, Jajpur, Dhenkanal, Angul, Sambalpur, Sonepur, Bolangir, and Bargarh.
Heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20cm) is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Sambalpur, Sonepur, Boudh, Bolangir, Angul, Deogarh, Bargarh, Sundargarh, and Jharsuguda and heavy rainfall (7 to 11cm) very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Kalahandi, Nuapada, Kandhamal, Nayagarh, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, and Mayurbhanj on September 20.
On September 21, heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20cm) is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Bargarh, and Jharsuguda and heavy rainfall (7 to 11cm) very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Bolangir, Sonepur, Sambalpur, Nuapada, and Sundargarh.
