Heavy rain, thundershower likely in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, Sep 14: There is a forecast of heavy rains and thundershowers over some parts of Odisha till tomorrow due to a low pressure over west central Bay of Bengal, the IMD said today.

Yesterday's low pressure over west central Bay of Bengal and the adjoining coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh now lies over north coastal Andhra Pradesh and adjoining west central Bay of Bengal, an IMD bulletin said.

The associated upper air cyclonic circulation extends upto 5.8 km above the mean sea level, tilting southwards.

Under its impact, rain or thundershower is likely to occur at a few places over Odisha in the next 24 hours.

Heavy rainfall is likely to occur at one or two places over interior Odisha in the period, it said.

The MeT office said many places of north Odisha and a few places of south Odisha witnessed rain today with heavy rainfall at one or two places of north coastal Odisha.

PTI