Thunderstorm, Lightning Warning For Odisha As LoPAR Over Bay Becomes Well Marked

The well-marked low pressure area over southwest Bay of Bengal is likely to move west-northwestwards initially and then gradually recurve northeastwards over the same region during the next 48 hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed on Sunday. The weather agency has sounded a yellow warning for 10 districts of Odisha for two days.

Under the influence of the system, thunderstorm accompanied by lightning and gusty surface wind reaching 30-40 kmph may occur at isolated places over the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Balasore and Bhadrak on February 23. Similar weather conditions may prevail in Mayurbhanj, Jajpur and Cuttack districts during the subsequent 24 hours.

Over the course of two days, there is also a chance of light rain or thunderstorms in one or two locations in the districts of Sundargarh, Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Nabarangpur, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Khurda, Puri, Keonjhar, Jajpur, Kalahandi, and Dhenkanal. The IMD has also predicted that over the following 48 hours, the nighttime temperature would gradually increase by two to three degrees. The district of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, and Cuttack on February 22 and Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, and Puri on February 23 may have one or two locations of shallow to moderate fog in the early morning hours, the statement continued.