Bhubaneswar, July 24: A low pressure area is likely to form over northwest Bay of Bengal, adjoining coastal West Bengal and north coastal Odisha under the influence of a cyclonic circulation which presently lay over coastal West Bengal and adjoining Bay of Bengal, according to the Centre for Environment and Climate (CEC) of SOA Deemed to be University here.

This system may cause moderate to heavy rainfall with heavy to very heavy precipitation expected at a few places in north and western Odisha districts between July 25 and 28, it said in a bulletin.

The rains are likely in the catchment areas of Brahmani, Baitarani, Subarnarekha, Budhabalanga and Mahanadi rivers spread across districts of Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Dhenkanal, Sundargarh, Deogarh, Angul, Sambalpur, Baragarh, Cuttack, Kendrapara, Khurda, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Nayagarh, Sonepur, Boudh and Balangir, it said.