IMD Forecasts Rainfall in Odisha Tomorrow

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department has forecast light to moderate rainfall in several areas of the State on Sunday.

In its evening bulletin today, the regional centre of IMD in the State Capital forecast that light to moderate rain or thundershower is very likely to occur at one or two places in Sundargarh, Kendujhar, Mayurbhanj, Baleswar, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Angul, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Khordha, Boudh, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Nuapada, Rayagada and Koraput districts while dry weather is very likely to prevail in rest of the districts of Odisha on Sunday.

It said the trough in westerlies now runs from north Bihar to South Interior Karnataka across Chhattisgarh, Vidarbha, Telangana and North Interior Karnataka between 5.8 km & 7.6 km above mean sea level.

Meanwhile, maximum temperature observed appreciable fall at one or two places in North Odisha and South Interior Odisha due to rainfall. Light to moderate rainfall occurred at one or two places in Bargarh, Balangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Subarnapur and Mayurbhanj in the last 24 hours.

Khajuripada in Kandhamal recorded maximum 3 mm ranfall, followed by Papadahandi (Nabarangpur) 2 mm, Kotagarh (Kandhamal) 2 mm, Dabugan (Nabarangpur) 2 mm, Daringibadi (Kandhamal) 1 mm and Chakapad (Kandhamal) 1 mm.