Bhubaneswar: Due to an interaction of middle tropospheric westerly trough with lower level easterly, and moisture incursion from Bay of Bengal, Meteorological conditions are becoming favourable for moderate thunderstorm activity with lightning, Hail, Heavy Rain, Gusty surface wind and scattered to fairly widespread rainfall in Odisha during next 3 to 4 days, the IMD informed.
Light to moderate rain or thunderstorm very likely to occur at few places over the districts of South Odisha and one or two places over the districts of North Odisha, the IMD stated.
Thunderstorm with lightening and gusty surface wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Rayagada, Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, and Nuapada. A yellow warning has been issued by the Met Department for these districts.
Thunderstorm with lightening very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Kendrapara, and Boudh. Hail storm likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Koraput, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Gajapati, Ganjam, and Nabarangpur, the IMD cautioned.