According to the September forecast, low pressure systems may deliver significant rainfall to Odisha each week during the month, and so far, that has been the case.
As a new cyclonic circulation is expected to form over the Bay of Bengal between September 17 and 18, Odisha is likely to have more rainfall events this month of September, according to a prediction made on Saturday by India Meteorological Department DG Mrutyunjay Mohapatra.
According to the September forecast, low pressure systems may deliver significant rainfall to Odisha each week during the month, and so far, that has been the case.
The weather service will provide more information on the cyclonic circulation’s intensity and potential area of formation in the following days, according to the IMD director.
The well-marked low pressure region over the West Central and adjacent Northwest Bay of Bengal is anticipated to intensify into a depression by September 11 morning, according to Mohapatra, who was commenting on the current weather conditions in Odisha.
Between north Andhra and south Odisha, the system is predicted to make landfall on the coast. According to the IMD DG, on September 10 and 11, Odisha is predicted to have heavy to extremely heavy rainfall, with one or two locations perhaps seeing rain as high as 20 cm.
From September 12, when a few locations in interior Odisha and districts bordering Chhattisgarh may experience rainfall, the rainfall activities will decrease, according to Mohapatra.
According to an IMD bulletin, squally weather with surface wind speeds of up to 45 to 55 kmph with gusts to 65 kmph is extremely possible over sea along and off the Odisha coast as well as in the north-west adjacent to the west-central Bay of Bengal till September 12, 2022.
Prasanta Patnaik