Bhubaneswar: After consecutive cyclonic storms Arnab and Murasu hit the Andhra Pradesh coast recently, bringing unprecedented rainfall in southern Odisha, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that another cyclonic storm will brew over the central Bay of Bengal by the evening of Nov 16. The IMD, however, is yet to forecast the particular path and landfall.A preliminary forecast said the state, after facing the threat of two successive very severe and severe cyclones, Arnab and Murasu, is likely to witness light to moderate rainfall in some districts for two to three days from Nov 18 under the influence of the possible storm, even as its area of movement, specific pockets and other details are not yet clear.An IMD bulletin said a fresh low-pressure area formed over the southeast Bay of Bengal on Friday and is likely to move northwestwards, become a well-marked low-pressure area on Saturday and intensify into a depression over the same region by Sunday. “Thereafter, it is likely to move north-northwestwards and intensify further into a cyclonic storm over the central Bay of Bengal by Monday evening,” the bulletin said.Manorama Mohanty, IMD Bhubaneswar director, said more clarity on the possible movement of the system and its intensity would emerge in the subsequent days after further intensification of the system.In its bulletin, the IMD issued a yellow warning for heavy rainfall over six districts — Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Rayagada, Gajapati, Ganjam and Puri — on Nov 18 and 19. This would be amid chances of light to moderate rain in several districts, mostly in coastal pockets, during the two days. Besides, thunderstorm, lightning and gusty surface wind warnings were also there for some districts during the period.The IMD bulletin said the minimum temperature saw an appreciable fall of about 3°C at isolated places over the districts of north coastal and interior Odisha. G Udayagiri, at a minimum of 12.6°C, was the coldest place in the state during the day. The city, at 21°C, was 1.6°C above normal.Official sources said four cyclones have crossed Odisha in Nov between 1901 and 2025. Odisha faced cyclones in Nov in 1916, 1924, 1973 and 1995. The IMD sources said three cyclones were created in the Bay of Bengal in 2025 and 2024.