Bhubaneswar: Amid the prevailing heat wave conditions across Odisha, a low-pressure area has been formed over the central parts of the south Bay of Bengal under the influence of a cyclonic circulation, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Monday.
The low-pressure area is likely to move northwestwards till April 8 and then move slightly towards the west-central Bay of Bengal during the next 48 hours, senior IMD scientist Uma Shankar Dash said.
The IMD in its midday bulletin said that despite the formation of the low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal, dry weather prevailed over the districts of Odisha.
“The maximum temperature rose by about 2-4 degrees Celsius at one or two places over the districts of North Odisha and no large change elsewhere over the districts,” it said.
Stating that the maximum temperatures were above normal by about 2 to 3 degrees Celsius at a few places over the districts of coastal Odisha, the IMD said that the highest maximum temperature of 42 degrees Celsius was recorded at Boudh and the lowest minimum temperature of 21 degrees Celsius was recorded at Phulbani in the plains of Odisha Sunday.
PTI
