BHUBANESWAR: Parts of Odisha are expected to witness rainfall activity next week which will lead to an increase in the minimum night temperatures, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday.
The national weather forecaster said a low pressure area formed over east equatorial Indian Ocean and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal on the day. It is likely to intensify into a depression on Monday (November 25) and is expected to move northwestwards towards Tamil Nadu-Sri Lanka coasts in the subsequent two days.
Director of Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre, Manorama Mohanty said though the system will not have any direct impact over Odisha, it will lead to moisture incursion and trigger rains in parts of the state. “Light rains/thundershower activity is likely to occur at a few places between November 27 and 29,” she informed.
The met office said one or two places in Ganjam and Gajapati districts may receive rains on November 27. Director of SOA’s Centre for Environment and Climate (CEC) Sarat Sahu said the intensity of the rains will be more in Gajapati, Ganjam, Rayagada and Koraput districts between November 27 and 29.
The prevailing cold weather conditions will continue up to November 27. Thereafter, minimum night temperatures will increase due to the anticipated clouding. Dense cloud cover may prevail in parts of the state for six days until December 2, said Sahu.
There will be no large change in minimum night temperatures during the next two days. Thereafter, the night temperature is expected to rise by 2 degree Celsius to 4 degree C in the subsequent three days, said the regional Met office. While the mercury level is likely to rise during nights, the maximum day temperatures may fall during the same period.
The maximum temperatures are likely to fall by 2 degree C to 4 degree C in the next five days. The state is likely to experience colder days and warmer nights from next week onwards, said the met office.
Meanwhile, the minimum night temperatures which had dipped across the state since the last one week started to rise marginally from the last two days. G Udayagiri was the coldest in the state on Friday and Saturday with night temperatures at 8 degree C and 8.5 degree C respectively