Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has asked schools across the state to switch to morning classes immediately as temperatures continue to rise. In a directive issued on Thursday, district collectors were told to change school timings to 6:30 am to 10:30 am for all government, aided and private schools. The decision comes after temperatures in some…
Bhubaneswar: The Centre for Environment and Climate (CEC) of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) warned on Thursday that heatwave conditions in Odisha could persist for a week to ten days. Dr Sarat Chandra Sahu, director of CEC, explained that prevailing weather patterns over Pakistan and Afghanistan were influencing the climate in the region. According to Dr…
Bhubaneswar: The temperature in the capital city of Odisha touched 43.5 degree Celsius on Friday, the second hottest city in India with Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh, according to a report by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). This temperature surge not only soared 7 degree Celsius above normal but also marked the highest April temperature in…
Bhubaneswar: There is less likelihood of the day temperature rising in Odisha till May 5 due to incursion of moisture laden wind from the Bay of Bengal caused by anti-cyclonic flow along the Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coast, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA)’s Centre of Environment and Climate (CEC) here said on Tuesday. This anti-cyclonic flow…
Bhubaneswar: The prevailing high temperature in interior Odisha and moderate temperature with high humidity in the coastal region is likely to continue till June 11 after which the temperature may fall suddenly due to the monsoon current, according to SOA’s Centre for Environment and Climate (CEC) here. Intense heat with temperature hovering between 44 degree…
Bhubaneswar: The day temperature in Odisha is set to rise gradually from May 29 due to the flow of northwesterly wind while the mercury is likely to hover between 44 and 47 degree Celsius in some interior districts during the period, the Centre for Environment and Climate (CEC) of SOA said on Thursday. Hot and…
Bhubaneswar: There will be a decrease in the day temperature on Thursday as an anti-cyclone along the Andhra Pradesh-Tamil Nadu coast favoured flow of moisture laden south-westerly wind from Andhra Pradesh towards Odisha, SOA’s Centre for Environment and Climate (CEC) said. This would result in decrease in day temperature and rise in night temperature by…
Bhubaneswar: The day and night temperature across Odisha is expected to rise after March 25 with the mercury likely to reach 44 degrees Celsius in some interior districts while it would hover between 38 and 40 degrees C in the coastal belt, the Centre for Environment and Climate (CEC) of SOA said on Tuesday. The…
