With a fresh low pressure area (LOPAR) forming over the Bay of Bengal, the Regional Office of the India Metrological Department (IMD) here on Friday predicted heavy downpours in several parts of the State over the next three days.
This would be the third instance of low pressure area triggering rainfall in the State in August.
Several districts of south and west Odisha had recently witnessed flash floods owing to torrential rainfall. In the past two days, too, the State has experienced rainfall of varied intensity.
Under the influence of the cyclonic circulation, over northwest Bay of Bengal off Odisha and West Bengal coasts, a low pressure area is likely to form over Odisha and its neighbourhood in the next 36 hours.
Heavy to very heavy rainfall are likely to occur in Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur and Puri districts, the IMD forecast.
Heavy rainfall is also expected in Kendrapada, Mayurbhanj, Baleswar, Sundargarh, Angul, Khordha, Ganjam districts, among other areas during the period.
Torrential downpours may also lash Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Balangir and Nuapada districts on Sunday and Monday.
Squally wind with speed reaching 40-50 kmph is likely to prevail along the Odisha coast and adjoining northwest and west central Bay of Bengal, the weather office said.
As sea condition is likely to be rough to very rough, fishermen have been warned against venturing into the sea on Saturday and Sunday, it added.