Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of IMD in Bhubaneswar Saturday predicted that the heatwave conditions are likely to prevail over several districts of the state from May 15.
Over the next two days light to moderate rain or thundershower is predicted over some parts and dry weather is likely to prevail over the remaining parts of the state.
From 8.30 AM of May 15 to 8.30 AM of May 16: As per the Yellow Warning (be updated), heatwave is very likely to prevail at a few places over Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur and Sonepur districts.
In the same time frame, dry weather is very likely to prevail over the remaining districts of the state.
From 8.30 AM of May 16 to 8.30 AM of May 17: As per the Yellow Warning (be updated), heatwave is very likely to prevail at a few places over Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Angul, Sonepur, Deogarh, Boudh and Balangir districts.
In the same time frame, light to moderate rain or thunderstorm is very likely to occur at one or two places over Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Cuttack, Kendrapara, Gajapati and Ganjam districts. Dry weather is very likely to prevail over the remaining districts of the state.
The weather agency forecasted no change in maximum temperature (day temperature) during the 24 hours and it is likely to rise by 3-5 degree Celsius at many places over the districts of Odisha in the subsequent two to three days.
In Bhubaneswar, for the next 24 hours, a partly cloudy sky is predicted by IMD. Maximum and minimum temperatures are very likely to be around 37 degree Celsius and 27 degree Celsius respectively.
In the last 24 hours, the highest maximum temperature of 41.6 degree Celsius was recorded at Jharsuguda while the lowest minimum temperature of 22.0 degree Celsius was recorded at Nayagarh, the bulletin informed.
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