The low pressure area over the northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal off south Odisha-north Andhra Pradesh coasts now lies over coastal Odisha and the adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal.
The system is likely to move west north-westwards during the next 48 hours, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Regional Officer here on Tuesday.
A north-south trough runs from the cyclonic circulation associated with the Low Pressure Area over coastal Odisha and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal to north Tamilnadu and extends upto 1.5 km above mean sea level. Several parts of Odisha would experience heavy rainfall activity in the next 48 hours under the influence of the system, said the weather office. On day one (From 1330hrs IST of August 17 up to 0830 hrs IST of August18) : Heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Ganjam, Nayagarh, Khodha, Cuttack, Kandhamal, Malkangiri, Koraput, Jagatsinghpur, Mayurbhanj and Kendrapada.
Heavy rainfall is is also likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Puri, Boudh, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Rayagada, Gajapati, Balasore, Nuapada, Nabarangpur, Angul and Kalahandi.
On Day 2 (valid from 0830 hrs IST of August 18 up to 0830 hrs IST of August19) Heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Bargarh, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Keonjhar, Subarnapur, Angul, Nuapada and Balangir, the IMD said.