The State would witness rainfall in next 24 hours under the effect of a cyclonic circulation that lies over the Bay of Bengal, said the Regional Office of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) here on Sunday.
The cyclonic circulation over northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal now lies over northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas of north Odisha-West Bengal-Bangladesh coasts which extends between 1.5 km and 5.8 km above mean sea-level tilting southwestwards, the IMD said. “Heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at one or two places in Baleswar, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Khordha, Puri, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Dhenkanal, Sambalpur, Nuapada, Balangir and Subanrapur districts in next 24 hours,” the weather office said.
“However, the State will experience less rain during September 21 to 24. Therefore, no warning has been issued as heavy rains are not expected in any part of the State during this period,” added the IMD.
The Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) has also warned people of these districts to be careful in the next 24 hours due to the heavy rain s forecasted by the IMD.
The State has received 958.5mm rain from June 1 to September 19 this monsoon so far which is 12 per cent less deficit against the long term average of 1092.8 mm. While 20 districts have registered normal rain, two districts have experienced 20-30 per cent surplus rain during this period. On the other hand, as many as 10 districts have experienced 20-59 per cent deficit rainfall.
During September, the State has so far experienced 297.3 mm rainfall which is 21 per cent surplus against the long term average rainfall of 164.1 mm.