Odisha Coast Squalls, Northeast Rain: IMD Outlook for 3-4 November

Squally winds of 50-60 km/h, gusting to 70 km/h, will hit the south Odisha coast until noon on Tuesday, 3 November, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its all-India bulletin of 2 November. Rain is also forecast across Gangetic West Bengal, Sikkim, Jharkhand and the Northeast in the next two to three days.

Squally Winds in Five Odisha Districts

The squall warning covers Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati and Ganjam. Odisha as a whole is forecast to get fairly widespread to widespread rain from 2 to 4 November, with isolated heavy rain and thunderstorms with gusty winds of 40-50 km/h, gusting to 60 km/h. Fishermen have been told not to venture off south Odisha or into the adjoining north-west Bay of Bengal from the evening of 2 November to the afternoon of 4 November. IPB’s earlier report has the Odisha rain alert for 3-4 November.

Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand Stay Mostly Dry

Gangetic and sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim are forecast isolated to scattered rain on 2 and 3 November, Jharkhand from 2 to 4 November and Bihar on 2 November. Shallow fog was reported over Jharkhand and Bihar on the morning of 2 November. Maximum temperatures were markedly below normal at most places in Jharkhand as of 1 November.

Also read Bihar Extremely Heavy Rain Alert; Odisha, Bengal Flood Risk: IMD

Heavy Falls in Karbi Anglong

In the 24 hours to 8:30 am on 2 November, Dhansiri in Assam’s Karbi Anglong recorded 11 cm of rain, the highest in the IMD’s listing. Assam and Meghalaya were forecast isolated heavy rain and thunderstorms on 2 November, and Arunachal Pradesh isolated heavy rain the same day. Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura are forecast isolated to scattered rain from 2 to 8 November.

The Gidipabali landslide in Odisha, where the toll had reached six, is covered in IPB’s earlier report.

Source: IMD all-India weather bulletin.

Image: IPB.