Lopar forms over the Bay, heavy rain expected in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: A low pressure area has formed over the north-west Bay of Bengal off the Odisha coast on Tuesday which is likely to intensify into a depression on Thursday, the Centre for Environment and Climate (CEC) of SOA Deemed to be University here, said.

The system is likely to move in a north-easterly direction along the Odisha coast, a CEC bulletin said.

Under the influence of the system, widespread rainfall is expected to occur across the state but heavy to very heavy precipitation may occur in the coastal and northern districts.

The high intensity of rainfall is likely to be experienced between May 28 to 30 over the districts of Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Dhenkanal, Angul, Sundargarh, Deogarh, Khurda, Cuttack, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Nayagarh and Ganjam, it said.

There is possibility of heavy to very heavy rainfall in the catchment region of rivers Baitarani, Subarnarekha and Budhabalang, the bulletin said adding widespread rain might favour onset of the south west monsoon over Odisha by Thursday.

There might be a dry period accompanied by rise in temperature between June 1 and 3 after which the rainfall is expected to increase, it said.