A low pressure area is likely to form over coastal Odisha and neighbourhood during next 48 hours, which would trigger rainfall over several districts of the State from Thursday, said the Regional Office of the IndiaMeteorological Department (IMD) here on Wednesday.
“A cyclonic circulation lies over northwest Bay of Bengal adjoining coastal Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal and extends 7.6 km above mean sea level tilting southwards with height. Under its influence, a low pressure area is likely to form over coastal Odisha and neighbourhood during next 48 hours,” the IMD said.
Under its impact, southern and western parts of the State would receive heavy to very heavy rainfall soon.
However, the trough line’s effects would be seen within the next 24 hours. Nor’wester rains would affect several districts in the northern and southern Odisha.