The Sate may experience a wet Christmas this year as rains are likely in several districts between December 24 and 27 due to movement of western disturbance towards the eastern region, the Centre for Environment and Climate (CEC), SOA University here said on Saturday.
The movement of the western disturbance would support rainfall with moderate precipitation likely at many places in northern and western Odisha on December 25 and 26, CEC Director Dr Sarat Chandra Sahu said.
The districts likely to experience rainfall include Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Baleswar, Bhadrak, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Angul, Jajpur and Cuttack, he said.
“Probability of heavy rainfall at one or two locations in these districts on December 25 and 26 cannot be ruled out,” he said, adding that the districts in south and coastal Odisha might receive light to moderate rainfall on December 26 and 27 while other districts could experience light rainfall from December 25 to 27.