Bhubaneswar, Mar 7: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday forecast light rain and thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds at isolated places across several districts of Odisha over the next three days.
According to the mid-day weather bulletin, an upper air cyclonic circulation persists over Odisha and adjoining areas, extending up to about 1.5 km above mean sea level. A trough from this system stretches towards northwest Uttar Pradesh across Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, while another trough extends from Odisha to coastal Karnataka via Telangana and interior Karnataka.
Under the influence of these systems, light to moderate rain or thunderstorms may occur at one or two places in districts such as Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khordha, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Boudh, Kandhamal, Bargarh and Sonepur. Other districts are likely to experience mainly dry weather.
The IMD has issued a yellow warning for March 8, predicting thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds of 30–40 kmph in several districts. For March 9, an orange alert has been sounded for Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore and Sundargarh.
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