The well marked low pressure area over Bay of Bengal, coastal Odisha and West Bengal has now turned into a depression and is centred in north Odisha, 50 km east of Badipada. The system is likely to move in a west direction and weaken gradually.
In the last 24 hours, the system has given very heavy rain over few pockets of Odisha. Balasore in the state has recorded 259 mm of rain, Keonjhargarh 150 mm and Baripada 84 mm.
Widespread rains with isolated moderate to heavy showers were also observed over gangetic plains, Jharkhand, and Chhattisgarh during this period. Contai in West Bengal experienced 125 mm of rain, Digha 50.6 mm, Diamond Harbour 21.8 mm, Midnapore 12 mm, Burdawan 10 mm and Asansol 7.2 mm.
Rain in Chhattisgarh was heavy too, with Antagarh recording 270 mm of rain, Gariyaband 230 mm, Kurud 190 mm, Dhantari 170 mm, Jagdalpur 71 mm and Raipur 47 mm.
Meanwhile, the system is moving in a west-northwest direction and is likely to give good rain over parts of east Madhya Pradesh, southern parts of Chhattisgarh, Vidarbha and parts of Marathwada in the next 24 hours. Light rain is also expected over many other states in central and northwest India.
According to Skymet Meteorology Division in India, the continuous spell of rain in east and central India is likely to narrow down the regional as well as the cumulative deficit.
