Bhubaneswar: With the State waking up to a warmer clime in early January itself, is the country, including Odisha, going to witness a harsher weather in the approaching summer months this year? There seems a little worry for the State, if the first model forecast on the summer outlook in India that was recently released is any indication.
As per the seasonal outlook for the period of February to June released by the APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) Climate Centre, the news of relief for Odisha is, though, the State is predicted (a chance of 50 per cent) to record mean surface air temperatures higher than the normal temperature during the months of Feb – Apr, while the hotter months of May and June this year will be cooler vis-a-vis the normal mean temperature recorded during the two months in the State.
An analysis of the deterministic model of the forecast reveals that Odisha will see higher precipitation during the peak summer months of May and June, which in…