IMD forecasts a creating melancholy over Bay of Bengal

At a time when farmers throughout Odisha are getting ready for crop chopping within the kharif season, the specter of heavy rain triggered by an rising atmospheric system has raised considerations about potential harm to their annual harvest.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday (November 20, 2025) stated a melancholy is prone to type over the Bay of Bengal by November 24.

“An higher air cyclonic circulation lies over the central elements of the Strait of Malacca and extends as much as 5.8 km above imply sea degree. Under its affect, a low-pressure space is prone to type over the southeast Bay of Bengal round November 22, 2025,” an IMD bulletin said.

Thereafter, the system is anticipated to maneuver west-northwestwards and intensify right into a melancholy over the central elements of the southern Bay of Bengal round November 24, the bulletin stated. It is prone to proceed transferring in the identical path and strengthen additional over the southwest Bay of Bengal within the subsequent 48 hours.

According to the State Agriculture Department, farmers are anticipating a bumper harvest this yr, buoyed by well-distributed rainfall throughout the peak rising season. However, any heavy rain at this stage may flatten the vegetation and compromise the standard of the paddy, officers warned.