Rainfall may decrease from Sunday, hot & humid weather to return: IMD | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: After hurtling into the state nearly two weeks before its normal onset, the southwest monsoon is showing signs of slowing down with IMD predicting rainfall may become sporadic after Sunday, with hot and humid weather likely to return. “Weather conditions are currently not favourable for further advancement of monsoon across the state in the next 5-7 days,” said director of IMD’s regional centre, Manorama Mohanty. “Currently, the maximum temperature is at least five degrees below normal in most places. But hot and humid conditions may also return in the coming week,” she added.The forecast suggests a reduction in rainfall intensity after Monday. While isolated rain or thunderstorm are expected in districts like Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada and Mayurbhanj, dry weather is likely to prevail over most parts of the state from June 3 to June 7.Several parts of the state witnessed heavy to very heavy rainfall on Friday, with the IMD forecasting more rain and thunderstorm. Nabarangpur, Mayurbhanj, Ganjam, Bargarh, Deogarh, Nayagarh, Nuapada and Sundargarh districts received heavy to very heavy rain. Nandahandi in Nabarangpur district received the highest rainfall of 150 mm, followed by 130 mm in Jamda (Mayurbhanj) and 110 mm in Bhanjanagar (Ganjam) in the past 24 hours.The monsoon’s northern limit currently passes through Puri and Bhawanipatna. Light to moderate rainfall occurred at many places across interior and several coastal districts.Thunderstorm along with gusty surface winds reaching 40–50 kmph, accompanied by lightning and heavy rainfall, is likely in Nabarangpur, Koraput, Rayagada, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Sundargarh by Sunday, the IMD said.In Bhubaneswar, the sky is expected to remain partly cloudy with the possibility of thunderstorms.
