Bhubaneswar, May 2: Coastal areas of Odisha have got a respite from the grueling heat as the northwesterly wind pattern which favoured the sweeping heat wave conditions changed both on the land and in the sea, SOA’s Centre for Environment and Climate (CEC) said on Thursday.
The heat wave condition is unlikely to sustain in the coastal belt up to May 12 but heat wave like situation will persist in interior districts of the state till May 6, Dr. S.C. Sahu, Director of CEC said.
During this period the day temperature will vary between 40 degrees C and 43 degrees C in the interior districts and 38 degrees C and 41 degrees C in the coastal region. But there will be relief from the heat between May 7 and 12 in most of the places in interior districts with the day temperature hovering between 36 degrees C and 40 degrees C, he said.
In the coastal districts, the day temperature will vary between 35 degrees C and 39 degrees C during this period, Dr. Sahu said adding there was also probability of thunderstorm accompanied by rain and lightning, locally known as ‘Kalabaisakhi’, in the coastal and interior districts between May 6 and 10.
There may be sporadic ‘Kalabaisakhi’ in the coastal region and adjoining districts between May 1 and 6, he said.
