Bhubaneswar: A low pressure area is very likely to form over southeast Bay of Bengal on April 7. The Met Department said on April 6, an upper air cyclonic circulation is likely to form over South Andaman Sea & neighbourhood.
“Under its influence, a Low Pressure Area is likely to form over Southeast Bay of Bengal during subsequent 24 hours (April 7),” the IMD stated.
Meanwhile, several parts of the State reel under intense heatwave. On Sunday, 6 places in Odisha recorded maximum daytime temperature above 40 degrees Celcius (till 12 noon).
Bolangir recorded the highest maximum temperature of 42.2 degrees followed by Titilagarh (41.7 degrees) and Jharsuguda (41.5 degrees). Three other towns of Western Odisha recorded above 40 degrees temperature.
These are: Sundergarh (40.5), Sonepur (40.2) and Boudh (40.0). Below is a figure showing weather updates in detail:
