Winter units foot in Odisha, mercury dips under 15°C

By Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR: Winter chill has lastly descended in Odisha with minimal temperature throughout the State dipping manner under 15 diploma Celsius on Sunday.Little hill city Daringbadi was the coldest at 9.5 diploma Celsius as dense fog engulfed components of Kandhamal district on the day. 

Koraput additionally felt the nip within the air because it recorded 12.2 diploma Celsius adopted by Phulbani at 12.6 diploma, Keonjhar at 14.2 diploma, Titlagarh 14.3 diploma and Jharsuguda 14.6 diploma. Bhubaneswar and Cuttack’s minimal temperature was 17 diploma Celsius and 18 diploma respectively through the interval. 

As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the minimal temperature was appreciably under regular and under regular at a number of locations over inside and south coastal Odisha and under regular at most locations in north coastal area of the State on the day.

The regional Met workplace stated, minimal temperature is predicted to stay under regular by 2 to three diploma Celsius within the subsequent three to 4 days within the State. “Minimum temperature is expected to rise in Odisha from Wednesday or Thursday onwards under the influence of a low pressure system which is likely to form over south-east Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood around Tuesday,” stated Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre Scientist, Uma Shankar Das.

Light to reasonable rainfall or thundershower is more likely to happen at one or two locations in Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada and Nabarangpur districts on Wednesday underneath influence of the system. Similar climate situation is predicted to prevail at a number of locations within the 4 districts and at one or two locations in Gajapati, Ganjam, Kandhamal and Kalahandi districts on Thursday.