Bhubaneswar: After a two-day respite from severe cold across the state, the weather department Monday warned of prevalence of cold wave conditions over some parts of the state in the next 48 hours.
“Cold wave condition is likely to prevail over some parts of Orissa during the next 48 hours,” the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a statement.
It said the weather has been dry over Orissa and there was no big change in the minimum temperature, which was appreciably below normal over north Orissa, below normal over south-coastal Orissa and normal over south-interior Orissa.
The highest maximum temperature of 32 degrees Celsius was recorded in Malkangiri and the lowest minimum temperature of 6.5 degrees Celsius was recorded in Phulbani in the plains, it said.
Daringbadi in Kandhamal district Sunday recorded 9 degrees Celsius, while Phulbani shivered under 6.5 degrees Celsius. At least eight different places across the state recorded minimum temperature below 10 degrees Celsius.
Bhubaneswar recorded a minimum temperature of 11.2 degrees Celsius, while Cuttack had a low of 11 degrees Celsius, the weatherman said.
Meanwhile, at a review meeting held under the chairmanship of Special Relief Commissioner B P Sethi, it was said that Orissa experienced intense cold this season after a gap of seven years. Such a condition was observed last in 2011, Sethi said.
PNN
