In its midday bulletin on Sunday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted that while the weather will stay dray elsewhere in the state, some areas of Odisha are likely to have light to moderate rain or thundershowers during the next two days.
The meteorological office reports that there were a few isolated areas of light rainfall in interior Odisha, including Bolangir and Sundargarh, while the remaining districts of the state saw dry weather. There was a noticeable increase in maximum temperatures at a few locations in south coastal and south interior Odisha, although overall there was little change. There was a noticeable increase in the minimum temperatures in a few locations in north interior Odisha and south Odisha, but no large change elsewhere over the districts of Odisha.
The highest maximum temperature of 37.0°C was recorded at Malkangiri and the lowest minimum temperature of 16.5°C was recorded at Phulbani in the plains of Odisha.
Weather forecast and warning for districts of Odisha:
Day 1 (Valid up to 0830 hrs IST of 04.03.2024)
Light to moderate rain/thundershowers are very likely to occur at one or two places in Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Angul, and dry weather is very likely to prevail over the rest districts of Odisha.
Day 2 (Valid from 0830 hrs IST of 04.03.2024 to 0830 hrs IST of 05.03.2024)
Light to moderate rain/thundershowers are very likely to occur at one or two places in Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, and dry weather is very likely to prevail over the rest of districts of Odisha.
Day 3 (Valid from 0830 hrs IST of 05.03.2024 to 0830 hrs IST of 06.03.2024)
Dry weather is very likely to prevail over the districts of Odisha.
Day 4 (Valid from 0830 hrs IST of 06.03.2024 to 0830 hrs IST of 07.03.2024)
Dry weather is very likely to prevail over the districts of Odisha.
Day 5 (Valid from 0830 hrs IST of 07.03.2024 to 0830 hrs IST of 08.03.2024)
Light to moderate rain/thundershowers are very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Mayurbhanj and dry weather is very likely to prevail over the rest districts of Odisha. NIL
Day 6 (Valid from 0830 hrs IST of 08.03.2024 to 0830 hrs IST of 09.03.2024)
Light to moderate rain/thundershowers are very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur, and dry weather is very likely to prevail over the rest districts of Odisha.
Day 7 (Valid from 0830 hrs IST of 09.03.2024 to 0830 hrs IST of 10.03.2024)
Dry weather is very likely to prevail over the districts of Odisha.
Source:OCN